By a judgement of 15 February 2018, definitive since 15 May 2018, the European Court of Human Rights has condemned France to pay 6,500,000 euros in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, and 39,950 euros in respect of costs and expenses, to a person who was ill-treated during an arrest by SNCF (French national railway company) security officers and the police, and who remains severely handicapped since then.