title: Sweden's compulsory confinement order declared a violation of liberty guarantee.
abstract: On 25 January 2005, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously held that the Swedish government violated an HIV-positive man's right to liberty when it placed him under a detention order for several years.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners; D013548:Sweden