ROTH v. GERMANY - 6780/18 (Judgment : Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed : Fifth Section)

Art 3 (substantive) • Art 13 (+ Art 3) • Degrading treatment • Lack of effective remedy • No legitimate purpose for repeated, random strip searches of prisoner receiving visitors and refusal to grant compensation for non-pecuniary damage • No connection with preservation of prison security or prevention of crime • Excessive humiliation • Liability proceedings lacking prospect of success despite unlawful conduct and potential fault of authorities

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� S�ofra O�Leary, President, ��������� Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, ��������� Ganna Yudkivska, ��������� Mārtiņ� Mits, ��������� Latif H�seynov, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, ��������� Mattias Guyomar, judges, and Victor Soloveytchik, Section Registrar,

the applications (nos. 6780/18 and 30776/18) against the Federal Republic of Germany lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a German national, Mr Peter Roth (�the applicant�), on 20 February 2018 and 26 September 2018 respectively;