Poltoratskiy v. Ukraine, No. 38812/97, ECtHR (Fourth Section), 29 April 2003

State obligation to conduct an effective investigation. Detention conditions. Torture and inhuman and degrading treatment. Violation of art. 3 ECHR. 

Art. 3 ECHR
Art. 9 ECHR

1. Financial and economic needs do not justify the fact that a person on death row is treated in a way that amounts to a violation of art. 3 ECHR (prohibition of torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment). 

2. The refusal to let a person on death row see a priest, in spite of the fact that he requested permission to do so several times, amounts to a violation of art. 9 ECHR.