CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 3 mai 2022

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sD37F5C3B { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:7pt } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } Published on 23 May 2022   SECOND SECTION Application no. 35515/18 Radu ȘALARI against the Republic of Moldova lodged on 4 July 2018 communicated on 3 May 2022 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The application concerns the inefficient investigation of the applicant’s ill ‑ treatment by another inmate, as well as the insufficient medical assistance given to him after the ill-treatment. The applicant was detained in a Moldovan prison. During his sport activity with weights, he was hit from behind with a metal bar, breaking several of his ribs. The prison doctor saw the applicant and allegedly told him that no X-ray examination was necessary. He was given pain killers and told to stay immobilized, wrapped up in a bed sheet. He spent more than a month like that, in great pain and with minimal medical assistance. An X-ray exam was eventually made some two years later and confirmed that the applicant had three broken ribs. The prosecution refused on several occasions to open a criminal investigation into the applicant’s ill-treatment, but the courts annulled the relevant decisions. The applicant complains of a violation of Article 3 of the Convention, in essence about the ineffective investigation into his ill-treatment and the insufficient medical assistance given to him.   QUESTION TO THE PARTIES Has there been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention? In particular:   1.     Did the authorities carry out an effective investigation into the applicant’s allegation of ill-treatment in prison? ( Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no.   23380/09, §§ 81-134, ECHR 2015)   2.     Did he receive medical assistance as required by his condition and in a timely manner? ( Mozer v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia [GC], no.   11138/10, §§ 177-182, 23 February 2016)