Reference:
App. No. 2660/03, 53 Eur. H.R. Rep. 8, (2010)
Annotation:
In Hajduova, the European Court of Human
Rights held that Article 8 of the
Convention, the right to respect for
private and family life, was violated on
the basis of well-founded fears of
violence. Hajduova had brought criminal
complaints against her ex-husband after he
attacked her and threatened to kill her.
The State failed to punish the husband for
offences for which he had been convicted
in the past, and he was released without
having undergone psychiatric treatment.
Upon release, he continued to threaten
Hajduova. Though those threats had not yet
materialized, the Court stressed the
importance of protecting the physical and
psychological integrity of an individual
from others, particularly in the case of
victims of domestic violence.