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Failure of the authorities to protect the lives of two soldiers who were killed by a fellow conscript with a heavy criminal record. Violation of the right to life

Article 2
27/10/2023 18:01

JUDGMENT Hovhannisyan and Karapetyan v. Armenia 17.10.2023 (app. no. 67351/13) see here SUMMARY The applicants are the parents of two soldiers who were killed during their compulsory military service by a fellow conscript, KA, in a shooting incident. KA, who had an “extensive” criminal record, shot and killed six (6) soldiers, including the applicants’ sons […]

Death by electricution in the army. Ineffective research. Violation of the right to life

Article 2
25/04/2023 19:00

JUDGMENT Ohanjanyan v. Armenia 25.04.2023 (app. no. 70665/11) see here SUMMARY Ineffective investigation into the death of the applicant’s son during his compulsory military service. Failure to fulfill the obligation to provide a reasonable explanation for his death. The applicant, Suren Ohanjanyan was an Armenian national born in 1953 and lived in Yerevan. His widow […]

Conscription of a young man with serious health problems and his subsequent death. Failure to protect life and ineffective investigation

Article 2
24/10/2022 07:39

JUDGMENT Ashot Malkhasyan v. Armenia 11.10.2022 (app. no. 35814/14) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the death of the applicant’s son at the age of 22, within days of being drafted into the army, following the military authorities’ decision that he was fit to undertake compulsory military service despite his significant health problems. The Court […]

Prisoner of war in Ukraine sentenced to death by a court of the occupying forces! Interim measures by the ECtHR for non-execution of the death penalty

Article 2
25/06/2022 18:52

JUDGMENT Saadoune v. Russia and Ukraine 16.06.2022 ( app. no. 28944/22) SUMMARY The European Court of Human Rights decided to grant interim measures in the case of Saadoune v. Russia and Ukraine concerning a Moroccan national and of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who surrendered to the Russian forces during recent hostilities and has since […]

Jehovah’s Witnesses as conscientious objector had no choice but to serve in the military. Violation of freedom of thought, conscience and religion

Article 9
07/06/2022 17:33

JUDGMENT Teliatnikov v. Lithuania 07.06.2022 (app. no. 51914/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned Mr Teliatnikov’s request for an exemption from military service and application for civilian service owing to his religious beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness minister. The Court found in particular that the Lithuanian system of conscription failed to strike a balance between […]

Ill treatment of a soldier from a sergeant and from another soldier because he fell asleep on duty consists degrading treatment. Inadequate investigation into same soldier’s death violates procedural aspect of right to life

Article 2
16/01/2020 10:00

JUDGMENT Styazhkova v. Russia 14.01.2020 (no. 14791/04) see here SUMMARY The case of Styazhkova v. Russia concerned the applicant’s allegation that the official explanation of suicide for her son’s death during his military service was not convincing. The European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: no violation of Article 2 (right […]