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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 240 (2024)   17.10.2024   Judgments and decisions of 17 October 2024   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 8 judgments1 and 14 decisions2:   one Chamber judgment is summarised below;   separate press releases have been issued for three other Chamber judgments in the cases of   Cesarano v. Italy (application no. 71250/16), Amerisoc Center S.R.L. v. Luxembourg (no. 50527/20),   and Central Unitaria de Traballadores/as v. Spain (no. 49363/20);   a separate press release has been issued for the decision in the case of A.L. and E.J. v. France   (applications nos 44715/20 and 47930/21).   four Committee judgment, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and   the 13 other decisions, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgment below only exists in English.   S.M. v. Italy (application no. 16310/20)   The applicant, S.M., is an Italian national who was born in born in 1977 and lives in Varese (Italy).   Mr S.M. suffers from HIV and a number of related diseases, including Kaposi sarcoma, HIV-related   encephalopathy and chronic HCV-related hepatopathy. The case concerns his imprisonment during   the global Covid-19 pandemic.   Relying on Articles 2 (right to life) and 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the   European Convention on Human Rights, Mr S.M. complains that the Italian authorities did not take   adequate steps to protect him from contracting Covid-19 while in detention, and that his continued   detention in that situation was a breach of the Convention.   No-violation of Article 3 in respect of the compatibility of the applicant’s state of health with   detention   No violation of Article 3 in respect of the protection of the applicant from the risk of contracting   COVID-19   This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,   judgments   and   further   information   about   the   Court   can   be   found   on   https://www.echr.coe.int/home. To receive the Court’s press releases, please subscribe here:   www.echr.coe.int/RSS/en or follow us on X (Twitter) @ECHR_CEDH.   Press contacts   [email protected]e.int | tel: +33 3 90 21 42 08   Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber   judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a   panel of five judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and   deliver a final judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the   Convention, judgments delivered by a Committee are final.   Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.   Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution   Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.   We are happy to receive journalists’ enquiries via either email or telephone.   Tracey Turner-Tretz (tel: + 33 3 88 41 35 30)   Denis Lambert (tel: + 33 3 90 21 41 09)   Inci Ertekin (tel: + 33 3 90 21 55 30)   Neil Connolly (tel: + 33 3 90 21 48 05)   Jane Swift (tel: + 33 3 88 41 29 04)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe member   States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   2