ESKERKHANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 18496/16 (Judgment : Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect) Violation of Article 5...)

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 (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Helena J�derblom, President, ��������� Luis L�pez Guerra, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Pere Pastor Vilanova, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, ��������� Jolien Schukking, judges, and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar,

The case originated in three applications (nos. 18496/16 , 61249/16 and 61253/16) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by Russian nationals, Mr Temirlan Dukvakhayevich Eskerkhanov on 21 March 2016, and Mr Anzor Shakhidovich Gubashev and Mr Shadid Shakhidovich Gubashev on 5 October 2016.

Mr Eskerkhanov was represented by Ms R. Magomedova, a lawyer practicing in Moscow, Mr Anzor Gubashev and Mr Shadid Gubashev were represented by Mr M. Khadisov, a lawyer practicing in the Moscow Region. The Russian Government (�the Government�) were initially represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and then by his successor in that office, Mr M. Galperin .