A v UK 25599/94 [1998] ECHR 85

A had been beaten by his step-father more than once with a garden cane, treatment which, on the facts, reached the level of severity prohibited by Article 3; in English law reasonable chastisement is a defence to assault, and a jury acquitted the step-father on this basis; the UK had failed in its positive obligation to provide protection from breaches of Article 3.

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This case is just an example of the positive obligation on the state to put in place a system to protect its citizens from breaches of the Convention.

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