JUDGMENT Jeanty v. Belgium 31.03.2020 (no. 82284/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned an individual suffering from a psychological disorder who made several suicide attempts while in pre-trial detention in Arlon Prison. The Court considered that Article 2 was applicable in the present case because the very nature of Mr Jeanty’s actions (repeated suicide attempts) […]
JUDGMENT Cantaragiu v. Republic of Moldova 24.03.2020 (no. 13013/11) see here SUMMARY Right to life, prohibition of torture, effective investigation. The applicant, his brother and their father were arrested on suspicion of homicide. They were mistreated during their detention. The applicant’s brother died and the criminal proceedings against him were terminated. The Supreme Court ruled […]
JUDGMENT Marius Alexandru and Marinela Ştefan v. Romania 24.03.2020 (no. 78643/11) see here SUMMARY Right to life and responsibility of the state. The applicants were on their car traveling on the highway when a tree fell on their vehicle. They were seriously injured while their parents and the applicant’s brother died. The Court reiterates that, […]
JUDGMENT Fabris and Parziale v. Italy 19.03.2020 (no. 41603/13) see here SUMMARY The cousin of the deceased sister and her appeal to Court as a victim of a violation of the procedural aspect of the right to life. Her application as a non-victim is inadmissible. Death of a prisoner during his detention and investigation. The […]
JUDGMENT Zinatullin v. Russia 28.01.2020 (no. 10551/10) see here SUMMARY Right to life and judicial protection. Insufficient criminal investigation and inadequate compensation. The applicant, only 14 years old, was seriously injured when he fell through a gap on the floor of an unfinished building near his school. The building belonged to the municipality of his […]
JUDGMENT M.A. and others v. Bulgaria 20.02.2020 (no. 5115/18) see here SUMMARY The applicants belong to a Uighur minority, Muslims of Chinese nationality, residing in China. In their country of origin, they faced persecution because of their political and religious beliefs. As a result, they entered Turkey through Bulgaria, where they applied for asylum. The […]
JUDGMENT Vovk and Bogdanov v. Russia 11.02.2020 (no. 15613/10) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the authorities’ alleged failure to conduct an effective investigation into the explosion of a grenade in a residential area of Chita in April 2008 and their refusal to pay the victims compensation. The Court found that the investigating authorities had […]
JUDGMENT Baysultanov v. Russia 04.02.2020 (no. 56120/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a police operation to detain the leader of an illegal armed group, which resulted in the applicant’s wife being killed and the applicant being wounded. The Court found in particular that the Government had not proved that the police use of lethal […]
JUDGMENT Saribekyan and Balyan v. Azerbaijan 30.01.2020 (no. 35746/11) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the death of the applicants’ son, an Armenian citizen, while in military police detention in Azerbaijan. The European Court of Human Rights held that there had been, by five votes to two, a violation of Article 2 (right to life) […]
JUDGMENT Kušić and others v. Croatia 16.01.2020 (no. 71667/17), see here SUMMARY In their application to the European Court, the Kušić family alleged that the investigation into the death of their family members had been ineffective and that the domestic remedy suggested by the Government for their grievance, a constitutional complaint, was not effective as […]
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