The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on March 10 delivered its Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Paladi versus Moldova, confirming the decision of the fourth Chamber of July 10, 2007. The Court held that there had been a violation of the right to liberty and security and the use of torture against the former deputy mayor of Chisinau Ion Paladi, Info-Prim Neo reports. The former deputy mayor complained about the unlawfulness of his detention pending trial and that, during that time, he was not given appropriate medical care and was not transferred to a specialized medical institution as the doctors recommended. The ECHR found the Government guilty in this case in July 2007, holding that it violated a number of articles of the European Convention, and ordered that it pay 21,000 euros damages and court costs. The Grand Chamber confirmed the violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights, on account of the fact that the applicant had not received appropriate medical treatment, as required by the seriousness of his condition, while in detention; and of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security) of the Convention in that the applicant’s pre-trial detention had continued in the absence of a judicial decision to that effect. Under Article 41 (just satisfaction), the Court awarded Ion Paladi 2,080 euros in respect of pecuniary damage, 15,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage and 7,000 euros for costs and expenses.