Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts House of Lords

Date: 03/28/2007

Subject: The decision concerns the duty of the State to protect human life. According to art. 2 ECHR, the judge, if requested, must verify the faultiness and/or negligence in protection of human life of the police who has concurred in causing the homicide of a person.

Parties: R. (su istanza di Hurst) c. Commissariato di Polizia di Londra

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life

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