The applicant was the mother of a young man who was robbed and killed in an attack in a bar. He died on 6 June 1993, four years and three months before the Convention came into force in relation to Ukraine. Investigations were suspended shortly after his death, but resumed after the Convention had come into force.
Held: The resumed investigations fell within its jurisdiction ratione temporis and Article 2 applied to them.
Citations:
75726/01, [2010] ECHR 1835
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Cited – McCaughey and Another, Re Application forJudicial Review SC 18-May-2011
The claimants sought a fuller inquest into deaths at the hands of the British Army in 1990 in Northern Ireland. On opening the inquest, the coroner had declined to undertake to hold a hearing compliant with article 2, and it had not made progress. . .
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Updated: 28 August 2022; Ref: scu.426805