Citaat | Parket bij de Hoge Raad 17 juli 2020

Onder 2.6 Parket bij de Hoge Raad 17 juli 2020

Een alinea uit Parket bij de Hoge Raad 17 juli 2020, ECLI:NL:PHR:2020:706.

The Court considers that no deprivation of liberty of a person considered as being of unsound mind may be deemed in confirmity with Article 5 par. 1 (e) of the Convention if it has been ordered without seeking the opinion of a medical expert. Any other approach falls short of the required protection against arbitrariness, inherent in Article 5 of the Convention. The particular form and procedure in this respect may vary depending on the circumstances. It may be acceptable, in urgent cases or where a person is arrested because of his violent behaviour, that such an opinion be obtained immediately after the arrest. In all other cases a prior consultation should be necessary. Where no other possibility exists, for instance due to a refusal of the person concerned to appear for an examination, at least an assessment by a medical expert on the basis of the file must be sought, failing which it cannot be maintained that a person has reliably been shown to be of unsound mind. (…)

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