CASE OF ASCIUTTO AND OTHERS v. ITALY

CASE OF ASCIUTTO AND OTHERS v. ITALY

Application No: 23169/16, 23834/18, 37683/19, 17937/20

Articles: 34, 3, 7, 7-1, 41

Respondent state: ITA

Date: 2026-09-03

Conclusion:

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art.

34) Individual applications; (Art.

34) Victim; Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment; Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect); No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment; Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment; Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect); No violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading punishment; Inhuman punishment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 7 - No punishment without law (Article 7-1 - Heavier penalty; Retroactivity); Violation of Article 7 - No punishment without law (Article 7-1 - Heavier penalty; Nulla poena sine lege; Nullum crimen sine lege); Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Achour v. France [GC], no. 67335/01, § 44, ECHR 2006 IV; Bancsók and László Magyar v. Hungary (no. 2), nos. 52374/15 and 53364/15, § 45, 28 October 2021; Bodein v. France, no. 40014/10, § 60, 13 November 2014; Buzadji v. the Republic of Moldova [GC], no. 23755/07, § 70, ECHR 2016 (extracts); Cantoni v. France, 15 November 1996, § 29, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996‑V; Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland [GC], no. 21881/20, § 139, 27 November 2023; Del Río Prada v. Spain [GC], no. 42750/09, ECHR 2013; Fu Quan, s.r.o. v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 24827/14, § 137, 1 June 2023; G.I.E.M. S.r.l. and Others v. Italy [GC], nos. 1828/06 and 2 others, § 42, 28 June 2018; Gäfgen v. Germany [GC], no. 22978/05, § 115, ECHR 2010; Grava v. Italy, no. 43522/98, §§ 51 52, 10 July 2003; Hutchinson v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 57592/08, 17 January 2017; Kafkaris v. Cyprus [GC], no. 21906/04, §, 140-142, ECHR 2008; Koprivnikar v. Slovenia, no. 67503/13, 24 January 2017; Kupinskyy v. Ukraine, no. 5084/18, 10 November 2022; Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia Herzegovina [GC], nos. 2312/08 and 34179/08, § 75, ECHR 2013; Marcello Viola v. Italy (no. 2), no. 77633/16, 13 June 2019; Medvid v. Ukraine, no. 7453/23, 10 October 2024; Murray v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 10511/10, §§ 99-100, 26 April 2016; Orlandi and Others v. Italy, nos. 26431/12 and 3 others, § 117, 14 December 2017; Radomilja and Others v. Croatia [GC], nos. 37685/10 and 22768/12, § 110, 20 March 2018; Sándor Varga and Others v. Hungary, nos. 39734/15 and 2 others, § 37, 17 June 2021; Scordino v. Italy (no. 1) [GC], no. 36813/97, § 180, ECHR 2006-V; Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2) [GC], no. 14305/17, § 205, 22 December 2020; T.P. and A.T. v. Hungary, nos. 37871/14 and 73986/14, § 48, 4 October 2016; Uttley v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 36946/03, 29 November 2005; Vinter and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 66069/09 and 2 others, §§ 103-122, ECHR 2013; Welch v. the United Kingdom, 9 February 1995, §§ 27-28, Series A no. 307‑A; Yüksel Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye [GC], no. 15669/20, 26 September 2023