# Case (In-patient treatment breached Article 3). Lavorgna v Italy 8436/21 \[2024\] ECHR 843

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**Created:** [7 March 2025 11:54 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-in-patient-treatment-breached-article-3-lavorgna-v-italy-8436-21-2024-echr-843/3405 "2025-03-07T11:54:00Z")\
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— Registry headnote: "Art 3 (substantive and procedural) • Inhuman and degrading treatment • Mechanical restraint of the applicant to his bed for almost eight days during his compulsory confinement in a psychiatric hospital ward • Initial imposition of restraint measure strictly necessary to prevent him from harming himself or others • Continuation of measure, for an extraordinarily long period, not strictly necessary and not respectful of the applicant's human dignity • Not proven that measure did not expose applicant to pain and suffering • Ineffective investigation". €41,600 for non-pecuniary damages was awarded.

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Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Lavorgna\_v\_Italy\_8436/21\_(2024)\_ECHR\_843?id=070325-1154](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Lavorgna_v_Italy_8436/21_(2024)_ECHR_843?id=070325-1154)