Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Preliminary objection rejected (estoppel) ; Violation of Art. 2 with regard to deaths ; Violation of Art. 2 with regard to lack of effective investigation ; Not necessary to examine Art. 2 with regard to the general obligation to protect life ; No separate issue under Art. 13 ; Violation of Art. 14+2 ; Pecuniary damage – financial award ; Non-pecuniary damage – financial award ; Costs and expenses award – domestic proceedings ; Costs and expenses award – Convention proceedings
The victims were Roma Army deserters shot while fleeing from military police. It was complained that because of race discriminatin, the state had failed properly to investigate the case.
Citations:
43577/98, [2004] ECHR 89, 43579/98, [2004] ECHR 90, (2005) 19 BHRC 1
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Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights 82
Jurisdiction:
Human Rights
Cited by:
Cited – Re E (A Child); E v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and Another (Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and others intervening) HL 12-Nov-2008
(Northern Ireland) Children had been taken to school in the face of vehement protests from Loyalists. The parents complained that the police had failed to protect them properly, since the behaviour was so bad as to amount to inhuman or degrading . .
See Also – Nachova and Others v Bulgaria ECHR 6-Jul-2005
Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Preliminary objection rejected (estoppel) ; Violation of Art. 2 with regard to deaths ; Violation of Art. 2 with regard to lack of effective investigation ; Not . .
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Human Rights
Updated: 03 July 2022; Ref: scu.194347