This decision is without prejudice to the Government’s continuing obligation to conduct an investigation in compliance with the requirements of the Convention . B.

    Obligation to conduct an effective investigation 57.

    The applicant complained that the authorities had failed to meet their positive obligations and conduct an effective investigation into the car accident.

    As for the requirements under the procedural obligation to carry out an effective investigation, it refers to X and Others v. Bulgaria ([GC], no.

    Furthermore, under German criminal procedural law, there is an obligation to conduct criminal proceedings expeditiously ( Beschleunigungsgrundsatz ), which is reflected in several provisions

    The applicants complained that the Slovak authorities had failed in their obligation to conduct an effective investigation into the racial overtones of the crime committed against them.

In their appeal they also referred to the Constitutional Court’s decision of 6 July 2006 and argued that the courts were bound by the obligation to conduct an independent investigation, which could be

A search had been conducted to find a car seen by a number of eyewitnesses in the area at the time of the events.

    Article 3 of the Convention gives rise to a positive obligation to conduct an official investigation where an individual raises an arguable claim of ill-treatment (see Assenov and Others

    Disciplinary proceedings were also conducted against the relevant police officers in connection with the incident.

noted that there is a continuing obligation to conduct effective investigations inasmuch as procedural violations of Article 2 were found by the Court;   Noting in this respect that it is primarily

disappearances constitute violations of Article 2 of the Convention, and undertake to issue appropriate instructions and adopt all necessary measures to guarantee that the right to life – which implies the obligation

It observed in that connection that the discontinuation order had been based on an inquiry conducted by the police.

  Subsequent contact visits between the applicant and his son proved difficult, as the latter did not wish to go with his father.

In this connection, the obligation to conduct an effective investigation was not an obligation of result but of means; the prosecutor had taken all reasonable measures to find the clothes. 54.

They contended that the investigating authorities had not conducted an effective investigation into the circumstances of their son’s death.

Bulgaria (no. 38361/97, ECHR 2002-IV), the applicant submitted that in cases of allegations of ill ‑ treatment by the police the authorities were under an obligation to conduct an effective investigation

The Court finds that in so far as in the specific circumstances of the present case Article 8 of the Convention might have imposed on the respondent State a positive obligation to conduct an effective

The Government disputed that the investigation was ineffective and submitted that they had fulfilled their obligations under the Convention.