CASE OF EIKENAAR v. THE NETHERLANDS

CASE OF EIKENAAR v. THE NETHERLANDS

Application No: 52053/18

Articles: 35, 35-3-a, 3, 41

Respondent state: NLD

Date: 2026-06-30

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Ratione materiae; Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: A.P. v. Slovakia, no. 10465/17, 28 January 2020; Adam v. Slovakia, no. 68066/12, 26 July 2016; Annenkov and Others v. Russia, no. 31475/10, §§ 79 and 87, 25 July 2017; Boacă and Others v. Romania, no. 40355/11, §§ 46 and 49, 12 January 2016; Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, ECHR 2015; Castellani v. France, no. 43207/16, §§ 55-67, 30 April 2020; Dembele v. Switzerland, no. 74010/11, § 47, 24 September 2013; El-Masri v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [GC], no. 39630/09, § 155, ECHR 2012; Fyodorov and Fyodorova v. Ukraine, no. 39229/03, § 65, 7 July 2011; Ilievi and Ganchevi v. Bulgaria, nos. 69154/11 and 69163/11, § 49, 8 June 2021; Ivan Vasilev v. Bulgaria, no. 48130/99, § 63, 12 April 2007; Kaburov v. Bulgaria (dec.), no. 9035/06, § 57, 19 June 2012; Karpylenko v. Ukraine, no. 15509/12, § 109, 11 February 2016; L.B. v. Hungary [GC], no. 36345/16, § 149, 9 March 2023; Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 119, ECHR 2000-IV; Mafalani v. Croatia, no. 32325/13, §§ 120 and 126, 9 July 2015; Mîţu v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 23524/14, § 34, 30 June 2020; Necdet Bulut v. Turkey, no. 77092/01, §§ 24-26, 20 November 2007; P.M. and F.F. v. France, nos. 60324/15 and 60335/15, §§ 79 and 87, 18 February 2021; Panayotopoulos and Others v. Greece, no. 44758/20, §§ 128-129 and 136, 21 January 2025; Perkov v. Croatia, no. 33754/16, §§ 30-32, 20 September 2022; Pranjić-M-Lukić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, no. 4938/16, § 79, 2 June 2020; Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/12, §§ 121-22, 20 March 2018; Şakir Kaçmaz v. Turkey, no. 8077/08, § 90, 10 November 2015; Samüt Karabulut v. Turkey, no. 16999/04, §§ 40-43, 27 January 2009; Saribekyan and Balyan v. Azerbaijan, no. 35746/11, § 81, 30 January 2020; Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina [GC], nos. 27996/06 and 34836/06, § 27, ECHR 2009; Shmorgunov and Others v. Ukraine, nos. 15367/14 and 13 others, § 362, 21 January 2021; Stepanian v. Romania, no. 60103/11, §§ 40-41, 14 June 2016; Tsaava and Others v. Georgia [GC], nos. 13186/20 and 4 others, § 329, 11 December 2025; Vigovskyy v. Ukraine, no. 42318/02, § 14, 20 December 2005