Decisions 29 found

Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect)

Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect) Separate opinion(s) attached.

Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Life) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect)

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; No violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court; Civil rights and obligations); No violation of Article 14+6-1 - Prohibit…

No violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations; Article 2-1 - Life) (Substantive aspect); No violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect)

Struck out of the list

The complaints in the present application emanate from the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine. The application was brought in respect of the killings of two media workers – Andrea Rocchelli, an Italian citizen and Andrey Mironov, a Russian citizen – during a shelling which took place in Andriivka, the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on 24 May 2014. The information about the applicants and their degree of kinship with t…

The applications arise from the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, which began on 24 February 2022. They concern the alleged injuries, ill-treatment, forced labour and unlawful detention of a number of Ukrainian prisoners of war – some of the applicants and the remaining applicants’ close relatives – by agents of the Russian Federation.

La requête concerne les blessures potentiellement mortelles subies par le requérant à la suite du tir d’une grenade lacrymogène par des policiers lors d’une manifestation, ainsi que le défaut allégué d’enquête pénale effective à cet égard.

The application concerns the allegedly inadequate medical care provided to the applicant’s father during his imprisonment, and his death in custody at the age of 59.

Struck out of the list

Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect); Violation of Article 13+2 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 2 - Right to life); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

The application concerns the alleged risk to life of, and ill‑treatment suffered by, a Ukrainian prisoner of war (the second applicant) who was reportedly captured and detained by the Russian armed forces during the full‑scale invasion in the Kyiv region in March 2022 (see also Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, § 67, 9 July 2025).

Inadmissible

Inadmissible

The application primarily concerns alleged shortcomings in the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the applicants’ son.

Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 3 September 2026, the Court decided, under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, that notice of the applications should be given to the Government of Russia. It is to be noted that the issue of jurisdiction over the area where the incidents giving rise to the complaints allegedly took place has been examined and decided by the Grand Cham…

Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect)

The applications concern the proceedings for the applicants’ removal from Poland to Afghanistan and their detention in that connection.

The applications concern the authorities’ alleged failure to protect the applicants’ relatives who were healthcare workers, contracted COVID-19 at workplace and died in April 2020.

The application concerns the applicants’ complaints about the alleged inappropriate procedural response of the domestic authorities to the death of their relative (‘the mother’) and her child (‘the child’), allegedly caused by medical negligence during childbirth. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations; Article 2-1 - Life; Article 2-2 - Use of force) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 -…

Remainder inadmissible (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies; Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations; Article 2-1 - Life; Article 2-2 - Use of force) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 -…

The applicant’s mother was murdered in September 2010, and on an unspecified date in 2010 the criminal investigation commenced. The present application concerns the alleged ineffectiveness of the investigation into her death, as well as the alleged unlawful interference with the applicant’s private life by the prosecuting authorities.

The application concerns the alleged defects of the jury trial stage of the criminal proceedings leading to the acquittal of the sole defendant charged with the murder of the applicant’s mother.

The application arises from the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation that began on 24 February 2022. It concerns the rape and other forms of violence allegedly inflicted upon the first applicant and the alleged unlawful killing of her husband by Russian forces in their home in the Kyiv region on 9 March 2022 (see, for the context, Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 othe…

Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Life) (Substantive aspect); Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment; Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect)

The application concerns the alleged lack of an effective investigation into the killing of the applicants’ father, an elderly civilian of Serbian ethnicity, in 1995 allegedly perpetrated by Croatian soldiers.

The applications concern the State’s positive obligations to protect the applicants from exposure to severe air pollution by taking measures to mitigate ambient air pollution.