The prison and medical authorities had failed in their positive obligation. Conclusion : violation (unanimously).

They also had a duty to conduct an effective official investigation where a person plausibly claimed to have been a victim of acts contrary to Article 3, whatever the status of the persons accused.

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  In view of the lack of an investigation into C.A.’s suicide, the Court found that Turkey had failed to discharge its obligation to conduct an adequate and effective investigation into the circumstances

The Government undertake to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the obligation to conduct such proceedings effectively is respected in the future.

Convention, and they undertake to issue appropriate instructions and to adopt all necessary measures to ensure future compliance with the prohibition of such types of ill-treatment - which implies an obligation

In this connection, the Court also points out that the decision in question is without prejudice to the Government’s obligation to conduct an investigation in compliance with the requirements of the Convention

In a number of cases Article 3 of the Convention has been found to give rise to a positive obligation to conduct an official investigation (see Assenov and Others v.

    The Court observes at the outset that the present case falls to be examined from the perspective of the State’s obligation to conduct an effective investigation under the procedural limb

that “as a result of the termination of the criminal proceedings and the granting of an amnesty to the individuals implicated in the crimes committed against [the applicants], the State’s positive obligations

Convention on Human Rights in respect of the death of the applicant’s partner and father of three of her children; that there had been a violation of Article 2 in respect of the respondent State’s obligation

Did the domestic authorities’ refusal to bring criminal proceedings and, hence, to conduct a preliminary investigation according to Part   VIII, Articles 150-226 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

In particular:   (a)     Was the dismissal of the application under section 11a of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act in breach of that positive obligation?

They further complain under Article 2 of the Convention that the Russian Federation failed to discharge its obligation to conduct an effective investigation into the killing of their relatives and to bring

    On 2 July 2008 the applicant appealed against the Ajarian Public Prosecutor’s reply of 20 June 2008 to the GPO, reiterating that the relevant State authorities had failed in their obligation

Information was obtained on the identities of the police officers who had conducted an inquiry in respect of the applicant in 2008.

However, on 11 March 2004 the House of Lords gave judgment in In re McKerr ([2004] 1 W.L.R. 807) finding that there was no obligation to conduct an inquiry compatible with Article 2 when the death had

  Having regard to these shortcomings, the Court considered that Turkey had failed to fulfil its obligation to conduct an adequate and effective investigation into the circumstances of the applicant

    The Court notes at the outset that the present case should be examined from the perspective of the State’s obligation to conduct an effective investigation under the procedural limb of Article