CASE OF KOFFI v. BULGARIA

CASE OF KOFFI v. BULGARIA

Application No: 95/24

Articles: 3, 14, 14+3, 41

Respondent state: BGR

Date: 2026-02-17

Conclusion:

No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment; Positive obligations) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Violation of Article 14+3 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture; Effective investigation); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Abdu v. Bulgaria, no. 26827/08, 11 March 2014; Angelova and Iliev v. Bulgaria, no. 55523/00, §§ 115 and 117, 26 July 2007; Armani Da Silva v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 5878/08, § 233, 30 March 2016; Batı and Others v. Turkey, nos. 33097/96 and 57834/00, § 134, ECHR 2004 IV (extracts); Behar and Gutman v. Bulgaria, no. 29335/13, §§ 115 and 120, 16 February 2021; Bljakaj and Others v. Croatia, no. 74448/12, § 121, 18 September 2014; Boacă and Others v. Romania, no. 40355/11, §§ 105 and 109, 12 January 2016; Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, ECHR 2015; Budinova and Chaprazov v. Bulgaria, no. 12567/13, §§ 104 and 108, 16 February 2021; Burlya and Others v. Ukraine, no. 3289/10, 6 November 2018; Chassagnou and Others v. France [GC], nos. 25088/94 and 2 others, § 89, ECHR 1999 III; Gulyan v. Armenia, no. 11244/12, § 82, 20 September 2018; Identoba and Others v. Georgia, no. 73235/12, 12 May 2015; Kayak v. Turkey, no. 60444/08, 10 July 2012; Khlaifia and Others v. Italy [GC], no. 16483/12, 15 December 2016; Kotilainen and Others v. Finland, no. 62439/12, 17 September 2020; Kurt v. Austria [GC], no. 62903/15, § 160, 15 June 2021; Members of the Gldani Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Others v. Georgia, no. 71156/01, § 97, 3 May 2007; Mustafa Tunç and Fecire Tunç v. Turkey [GC], no. 24014/05, 14 April 2015; Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98, ECHR 2005 VII; O.R. and L.R. v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 24129/11, § 63, 30 October 2018; O’Keeffe v. Ireland [GC], no. 35810/09, § 144, ECHR 2014 (extracts); Osman v. United Kingdom, no. 23452/94, § 121, 28 October 1998; Ribcheva and Others v. Bulgaria, nos. 37801/16 and 2 others, § 179, 30 March 2021; Šečić v. Croatia, no. 40116/02, §§ 66-70 , 31 May 2007; Tagayeva and Others v. Russia, nos. 26562/07 and 6 others, 13 April 2017; Turan Cakir v. Belgium, no. 44256/06, §§ 77-79 and 81-82, 10 March 2009; X and Others v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 22457/16, 2 February 2021; Y and Others v. Bulgaria, no. 9077/18, 22 March 2022; Z and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 29392/95, § 73, ECHR 2001-V