In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Ashot Malkhasyan v. Armenia (application no. 35814/14) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:
a violation of Article 2 – substantive aspect (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights, and a violation of Article 2 – procedural aspect (right to life: obligation to conduct an effective investigation).
The case concerned the death of the applicant’s son at the age of 22, within days of being drafted into the army, following the military authorities’ decision that he was fit to undertake compulsory military service despite his significant health problems. The Court found in particular that the authorities had unjustifiably put the applicant’s son’s life in danger when they decided to call him up, and that the authorities had then failed to conduct an effective investigation into the matter.
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See below (highlighted) and here the press release from the European Court of Human Rights about a judgment in the application against Armenia.
The full judgement is available here.
