Whoever is to carry out an investigation into a death in the custody of the state must be independent of the Ministry of Justice and in a position to set to work and complete the investigation reasonably quickly.
Citations:
69481/01, [2006] ECHR 751
Links:
Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights
Jurisdiction:
Human Rights
Cited by:
Cited – JL, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Justice; Regina (L (A Patient)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department HL 26-Nov-2008
The prisoner was left with serious injury after attempting suicide in prison. He said that there was a human rights duty to hold an investigation into the circumstances leading up to this.
Held: There existed a similar duty to hold an enhanced . .
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Human Rights
Updated: 12 October 2022; Ref: scu.246418