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Death from poisoning to a hospital. Insufficient criminal and civil procedures for dealing with medical negligence

JUDGMENT  Yirdem and others v. Turkey 04.09.2018 (no. 72781/12) see here   SUMMARY Death patient in hospital from poisoning. Forensic report suggested that the substances detected could not be found in the hospital. Exercise of criminal prosecution against doctors for medical negligence. They were released from the criminal courts after a 9 year trial. The civil […]

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Lack of effective investigation into patient’s death in a hospital after surgical procedures

JUDGMENT  Vlase v. Romania 24.07.2018 (no. 80784/13) see here   SUMMARY  Penal proceedings for homicide from medical negligence. The deceased was admitted to a military hospital where he was examined. He was diagnosed with a gastro-duodenal ulcer caused by a bacterial infection. Surgery was done. After post-operative complications, he underwent two further interventions carried out by […]

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Medical negligence that led to loss of life and the legal exclusion of paying non pecuniary damages to relatives

JUDGMENT  Sarishvili-Bolkvadze v. Georgia 19.07.2018 (no. 58240/08) see here SUMMARY  The case of Sarishvili-Bolkvadze v. Georgia (application no. 58240/08) concerned the applicant’s complaint about the authorities’ duty to protect her son’s life from medical negligence and the adequacy of their response to his death. The European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had […]

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Investigation of journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s murder failed to look properly into who commissioned the crime

JUDGMENT Mazepa and others v. Russia 17/7/2018 (no. 15086/07) see here   SUMMARY The case concerned the investigation into the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The Court found in particular that while the authorities had found and convicted a group of men who had directly carried out the contract killing of Ms Politkovskaya, they had […]

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Death of man after restraint by police: authorities found negligent

JUDGMENT Semache v. France  21.6.2018 (no. 36083/16) see here   SUMMARY  The case concerned the death of the applicant’s father, Mr Ziri, following his arrest by the police and his detention in Argenteuil police station. The Court found in particular that the restraining of Mr Ziri by a “double-seated embrace” technique, during his transfer by car […]

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Decisions regarding a fatal road accident based only on road traffic accident report violate the right to life due to ineffective investigation

JUDGMENT  Fatih Çakır and Merve Nisa Çakır v. Turkey 05.06.2018 (no. 54558/11) see here SUMMARY  Procedures regarding compensation for a road accident caused by the inappropriateness of the road. The applicants complained that the authorities had not taken the necessary safety measures on the road and that the court proceedings which followed were inadequate. Violation […]

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Insufficient investigation of murder of a police officer during a terrorist prevention operation

JUDGMENT  Mihdi Perinçek v. Turkey 29.05.2018 (no. 54915/09) see here SUMMARY  Murder of the applicant’s son from a police officer during a police operation to prevent a terrorist attack. Violation of Article 2 (right to life) because the act was illegal and there was no effective investigation of the incident. PROVISION  Article 2 PRINCIPAL FACTS The […]

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Discontinuation of artificial support to a minor. Disagreement between parents and doctors. Thorough examination of the issue from Strasbourg

JUDGMENT  Afiri and Biddarri v. France 25.01.2018 (no. 1828/18) see here SUMMARY  Interruption of artificial support to a minor. Disagreement between doctors and her parents. Thorough examination of the issue of disruption of the technical support from the ECtHR. The domestic authorities had complied with their positive obligations under Article 2 (right to life), so […]

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The ineffectiveness of investigations into the murder of a citizen by the army violates the right to life

JUDGMENT  Ιncin v. Turkey 09.01.2018 (no. 3534/06) see here SUMMARY  Investigation regarding the murder of Kurdish by the Turkish army. The applicants, referring to Article 2 (right to life), claimed that the investigation and trial lasted a great time and was ineffective despite the existence of many evidence. Infringement of Article 2 owing to the […]

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