THORN v. SWEDEN - 24547/18 (Judgment : No Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life : First Section)

Art 8 -� Private life -� Applicant's conviction and fine for manufacturing cannabis for personal treatment of chronic pain, without prescription, within State's wide margin of appreciation

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

Marko Bošnjak, President, Péter Paczolay, Alena Poláčková, Erik Wennerström, Raffaele Sabato, Lorraine Schembri Orland, Ioannis Ktistakis, judges, and Renata Degener, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 24547/18 ) against the Kingdom of Sweden lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Swedish national, Mr Andreas Thörn ("the applicant"), on 17 May 2018;