Key legal question
Whether the victim had standing to appeal the acquittals of A. and B. for abuse of authority and simple qualified bodily harm
Extracted holding
Yes, because the alleged conduct, if proven, would amount to degrading treatment under international and constitutional guarantees, giving the victim a right to challenge the acquittals.
Extracted reasoning
Although the victim had no civil claims against the officers under Vaud liability law, he could invoke the right to effective punishment for prohibited ill-treatment; the alleged acts were sufficiently serious and intentional to fall within that protected sphere.