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GUZZARDI v. ITALY JUDGMENT
DISSENTING OPINION OF THE PRESIDENT, Mr. BALLADORE PALLIERI
involving detention, but on the fourth paragraph which stipulates: "The
infliction of any physical or mental violence on persons subjected to any
form of restriction on their liberty shall be a punishable offence."
Besides, confirmation that the applicant never had it in mind to complain
of limitation of his liberty, within the meaning of the first two paragraphs of
Article 13 of the Italian Constitution and Article 5 (art. 5) of our
Convention, is to be found in the fact that he did not rely on Article 5 (art.
5) in his application to the Commission and that a complaint by him to that
effect had to be entirely constructed by the Commission of its own motion.
Even if one were to accept the possibility of the new criterion of
interpretation referred to by the Court, namely the "flexible" interpretation, I
do not see how it could be applied to that fundamental right of the State
which is safeguarded by prior exhaustion of domestic remedies. In any
event, the interpretation should have been effected on the basis of objective
data and not of a mere hunt for intentions.
Finally, account should be taken of the fact that when Mr. Guzzardi
made two further applications to the Milan Regional Court on 14 November
1975 - applications that did actually concern the issue raised before us - he
obtained a transfer elsewhere and the camp on Asinara was eventually
closed. Had the matter been pleaded in the proper terms, the domestic
remedy would thus have resulted in a finding in favour of the applicant and
there would have been no call to institute proceedings before the
international institutions.