The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows. A.

THE FACTS 2 .

    Article 123-2 of the Code provided that placement of a person in a psychiatric hospital with deliberate disregard for the fact that that person was mentally healthy was punishable by imprisonment

entré en vigueur le 1er mars 1994 ; qu'en conséquence, en application des principes de la légalité des délits et des peines et de la non rétroactivité de la loi pénale, les faits reprochés à M.

The fact that a suspicion is held in good faith is insufficient.

    The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows. 3.

et des indices venant étayer les faits reprochés au requérant. 12 .

  Applicability Principles emerging from Court’s case-law recalled.

    The circumstances of the case The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.

The Court’s assessment (a) General principles 50.

    Relevant principles 54.

freely or of offending the applicant’s dignity on account of his religious faith.

The relevant principles contained therein read as follows: “ VALUE 2: IMPARTIALITY Principle: Impartiality is essential to the proper discharge of the judicial office.

The fact that he had been in a fragile emotional state when doing so was irrelevant.

    The applicant’s good or bad faith should be assessed in the light of the fact that she had only obtained access to the IPN files after the first article containing the allegations against

De fait, il résulte presque nécessairement du fait qu’un malade mental pourrait mettre en danger autrui un besoin d’aide et d’assistance.

The Supreme Court reiterated that it did not have power to establish the facts.

After a period of in principle one year, the district court had to decide whether the detention was to be continued.

   ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FACTS   A.     The particular circumstances of the case   16.

    General principles 25.