CASE OF B.M. v. SWITZERLAND - [German Translation] summary by the Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM)

CASE OF B.M. v. SWITZERLAND - [German Translation] summary by the Austrian Institute for Human Rights (ÖIM) Application No: 50227/21

Articles: 35, 35-1, 35-3-a, 5, 5-1, 5-1-a, 5-4, 41

Respondent state: CHE

Date: 2026-05-12

Conclusion:

Remainder inadmissible (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention; Article 5-1-a - After conviction); Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Procedural guarantees of review; Review of lawfulness of detention); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Centre for Legal Resources on behalf of Valentin Câmpeanu v. Romania [GC], no. 47848/08, § 156, ECHR 2014; Claes v. Belgium, no 43418/09, § 123, 10 January 2013; D.J. v. Germany, no 45953/10, §§ 57-62, 69 and 74, 7 September 2017; De Wilde, Ooms and Versyp v. Belgium, judgment of 18 June 1971, Series A no 12, p. 40-41, § 76; Derungs v. Switzerland, no 52089/09, § 75, 10 May 2016; Dörr v. Germany (dec.), no 2894/08, 22 January 2013; H.W. v. Germany, no 17167/11, §§ 112-114, 19 September 2013; I.L. v. Switzerland, no 72939/16, 3 December 2019; I.S. v. Switzerland, no 60202/15, 6 October 2020; Musiał v. Poland [GC], no 24557/94, § 50, ECHR 1999 II; N.Ç. v. Turkey, no 40591/11, § 100, 9 February 2021; Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/12, §§ 114 and 126, 20 March 2018; Reinprecht v. Austria, no 67175/01, § 55, ECHR 2005-XII; Ruiz Rivera v. Switzerland, no 8300/06, §§ 60 and 70, 18 February 2014; Tim Henrik Bruun Hansen v. Denmark, no 51072/15, §§ 63 and 83, 9 July 2019; Vučković and Others v. Serbia (preliminary objection) [GC], no 17153/11 and 29 others, § 72, 25 March 2014; Waite v. the United Kingdom, no 53236/99, §§ 56 and 59, 10 December 2002; Weeks v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 2 March 1987, Series A no 114, p. 28, § 56