Published on 21 February 2022

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 34331/21 Irina Arturovna KOMARICHEVA against Russia lodged on 17 June 2021 communicated on 3 February 2022

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the applicant’s involuntary placement in a clinical infectious diseases hospital because she was diagnosed with Coronavirus infection. The placement was ordered on 15 May 2020 by the Leningradskiy District Court of Kaliningrad at the request of the Kaliningrad Region Department of the Federal Consumer Protection Service. The applicant stayed at the hospital from 18 until 22 May 2020.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Has the applicant’s involuntary hospitalisation in the period between 18 and 22 May 2020 been lawful within the meaning of Article 5 § 1 (e) of the Convention? In particular, what was the legal basis for the applicant’s involuntary hospitalisation? The parties are invited to submit to the Court references to the relevant provisions of the domestic law and judicial practice, where available.