Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (The Netherlands) - Hoge Raad

Date: 09/06/2013

Subject: The Hoge Raad, also recalling articles 2 and 3 of the ECHR, found the State liable for the death of some Muslim Bosnians, who left a “safe zone” which was under the surveillance of the Dutch battalion, and therefore were killed after the fall of the enclave of Srebrenica in July 1995

Parties: The State of the Netherlands v. Hasan Nuhanović

Original language: Dutch

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments

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