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Daños causados por personas con trastornos mentales y la responsabilidad del Estado en la jurisprudencia del TEDH
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[spa] La noción de vida privada protegida en el art. 8 CEDH incluye no solo la intimidad de la persona, sino también su integridad física, psicológica y moral, según la interpretación que hace del precepto el TEDH. El Estado, por un lado, debe abstenerse de realizar actos que supongan una interferencia en esa esfera personal, y por otro, debe adoptar medidas de protección de los ciudadanos frente a las agresiones físicas de otros particulares. Esta obligación positiva del Estado aparece cuando conoce o debe haber conocido la existencia un riesgo real e inmediato para la vida o integridad física de un individuo identificable. En la jurisprudencia española, para que surja responsabilidad del Estado es indispensable la previsibilidad de la agresión física. Aquí se examina la jurisprudencia del TEDH más reciente para ver si cabe extraer alguna conclusión acerca de los criterios de previsibilidad de las agresiones físicas y de las medidas que debe adoptar el Estado para evitarlas.
[eng] The notion of private life protected in art. 8 ECHR includes not only the privacy of the person, but also their physical, psychological and moral integrity, according to the ECtHR's interpretation of this provision. On one hand, the State must refrain from acts that interfere with that personal sphere and, on the other hand, it must take measures to protect citizens against the physical aggressions of other individuals. This positive obligation of the State appears when it knows or should have known of the existence of a real and immediate risk to the life or physical integrity of an identifiable individual. In Spanish case law, the predictability of the physical aggression is indispensable in order for State responsibility to arise. This paper examines the most recent ECtHR case law to see if we can draw any conclusions about the predictability criteria for physical assaults, and about the measures the State must take to prevent them.
[eng] The notion of private life protected in art. 8 ECHR includes not only the privacy of the person, but also their physical, psychological and moral integrity, according to the ECtHR's interpretation of this provision. On one hand, the State must refrain from acts that interfere with that personal sphere and, on the other hand, it must take measures to protect citizens against the physical aggressions of other individuals. This positive obligation of the State appears when it knows or should have known of the existence of a real and immediate risk to the life or physical integrity of an identifiable individual. In Spanish case law, the predictability of the physical aggression is indispensable in order for State responsibility to arise. This paper examines the most recent ECtHR case law to see if we can draw any conclusions about the predictability criteria for physical assaults, and about the measures the State must take to prevent them.
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NAVARRO MICHEL, Mónica. Daños causados por personas con trastornos mentales y la responsabilidad del Estado en la jurisprudencia del TEDH. [consulted: 6 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/137902