Where an individual had disappeared in circumstances raising a suspicion that he may have been killed, article 2 imposes a continuing duty to investigate the death. In this case the duty was said to have persisted for 34 years since the disappearance of a number of Greek Cypriots at the time of the Turkish invasion of Northern Cyprus.
Citations:
16064/90, [2008] ECHR 30
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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. . .
See Also – Varnava And Others v Turkey ECHR 18-Sep-2009
(Grand Chamber0 Turkey had failed to investigate the disappearance of individuals in Northern Cyprus in 1974. Turkey had ratified the Convention in 1954, but had only recognised the right of petition in 1987.
Held: (Grand Chamber) ‘the court . .
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Updated: 13 July 2022; Ref: scu.264390
