CASE OF GÜNANA v. BULGARIA

CASE OF GÜNANA v. BULGARIA

Application No: 54549/22

Articles: 35, 35-1, 3, 41

Respondent state: BGR

Date: 2026-07-07

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection dismissed (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Assenov and Others v. Bulgaria, 28 October 1998, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-VIII; Boicenco v. Moldova, no 41088/05, § 123, 11 July 2006; Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no 23380/09, ECHR 2015; Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland [GC], no 21881/20, 27 November 2023; Dedovskiy and Others v. Russia, no 7178/03, § 92, ECHR 2008; Denis Vasilyev v. Russia, no 32704/04, § 157, 17 December 2009; Dokukiny v. Russia, no 1223/12, §§ 26-30, 24 May 2022; El-Asmar v. Denmark, no 27753/19, §§ 75-80, 3 October 2023; El-Masri v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [GC], no 39630/09, § 186, ECHR 2012; Giuliani and Gaggio v. Italy [GC], no 23458/02, § 301, ECHR 2011 (extracts); Labita v. Italy [GC], no 26772/95, §§ 133 and 134, ECHR 2000-IV; Members of the Gldani Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Others v. Georgia, no 71156/01, § 97, 3 May 2007; Pedev v. Bulgaria, no 27165/21, §§ 48 and 49, 27 May 2025; Vučković and Others v. Serbia (preliminary objection) [GC], nos. 17153/11 and 29 others, 25 March 2014; Zelilof v. Greece, no 17060/03, 24 May 2007