Human Rights Article 2(1)
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- Created on: 11-12-15 18:27
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- Article 2 Everyone's life shall be protected by law
- (+) duty to protect life
- Venables and Thompson v Newsgroup Newspapers 2001 Permanent injunction (Art 8) to hide location because of death threat
- R v Lord Saville of Newdigate ex parte A 1999. Soldiers in Bloody Sunday incident should have had their names withheld.
- (+) duty to investigate suspicious deaths
- Salman v Turkey 2001 When a prisoner dies in custody there is a stringent duty on the state to investigate and explain
- In Scotland, reported to the PF who takes charge of the enquiry. PF reports to LA who decides whether to hold a FAI
- In England, Incidents are investigated by the IPCC under police reform Act 2002
- McCann et al v UK IRA terrorists shot by SAS in Gibraltar as they were wrongly thought to have parked a car full of explosives. Poor investigation by state. A2 Breach.
- Keenan v UK 2001 schizophrenic isolated in punishment block. no breach as medics had disagreed about danger.
- Salman v Turkey 2001 When a prisoner dies in custody there is a stringent duty on the state to investigate and explain
- (+) duty to protect life
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