Decision Constancia v. the Netherlands - compulsory confinement without medical examination justified

CtEDO 2023-03-20 0,87

Was the applicant’s detention in the psychiatric ward duly justified for the purpose of Article 5 § 1 (e) of the Convention (see N. v. Romania, §§ 151 and 163, and Stanev, § 157, both cited above)? In particular, at the moment of his compul