Manera Lluberas v. Uruguay

Abstract

Human rights — Arrest and detention — Conditions of detention — Failure to respect human dignity of prisoner — Small cell without furniture — Lack of medical attention — Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment — Proof — Fair trial — Right to consult counsel — Defendant denied access to his own lawyer — Defendant subsequently permitted access to court-appointed lawyer — Right to prompt trial — Unreasonable delay between arrest and trial — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966International tribunals — Procedure — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Whether allegations to be treated as substantiated in the absence of evidence to the contrary from the State Party