The applicant, Gheorghe David, was a Moldovan national who was born in 1943 and lived in Chişinău. He died in July 2007. The case concerned the applicant’s complaint about having been detained in a psychiatric hospital against his will. The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security) and awarded the applicant’s sister EUR 4,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
(from the official press-release prepared by the Registry Office of the European Court of Human Rights)