Published on 30 May 2022

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 45097/20 Antonio LIBRI against Italy lodged on 13 October 2020 communicated on 9 May 2022

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the alleged incompatibility of the applicant’s state of health with his continued detention in prison. In particular the applicant, relying on Article 3 of the Convention, complains of the absence of adequate medical treatment for his diseases , which include serious forms of arthrosis, osteoporosis and chronic pain which impair his mobility.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Has there been a breach of the applicant’s rights under Article 3 of the Convention? In particular:

(a) in light of the applicant’s diseases, was the detention compatible with his state of health (see Enea v. Italy [GC], no. 74912/01, § 59, ECHR 2009, and Dorneanu v. Romania , no. 55089/13, §§ 77-80, 28 November 2017 );

(b) did the applicant receive adequate medical treatment during his detention in prison, with particular regard to physiotherapy (see the principles set out by the Court in Blokhin v. Russia [GC], no. 47152/06, §§ 136-137, 23 March 2016, and, mutatis mutandis , Helhal v. France , no. 10401/12, § 57, 19 February 2015)?

The Government are further invited to submit a copy of the applicant’s prison medical register ( diario clinico ) along with a typewritten version.