Miris document ID: 1131645344437
CASE OF NACHOVA AND OTHERS v. BULGARIA
Author: European Court of Human Rights
Language: English
Source: Council of Europe
Country: Bulgaria
Category: judgment/decision
Government level: International
Guiding principle: The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber held that: there has been a violation of Article 2 of the Convention in respect of the deaths of Mr Angelov and Mr Petkov;there has been a violation of Article 2 of the Convention in that the authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into the deaths of Mr Angelov and Mr Petkov;there has been no violation of Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 2 of the Convention in respect of the allegation that the events leading to the death of Mr Angelov and Mr Petkov constituted an act of racial violence;there has been a violation of Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 2 of the Convention in that the authorities failed to investigate possible racist motives behind the events that led to the deaths of Mr Angelov and Mr Petkov
Date of judgement: 2005-7-6
Document number: Applications nos. 43577/98 and 43579/98
Official version: yes
Published on: European Court of Human Rights Portal
Legally binding: yes
Minority groups: Roma/Gypsies
Related laws:

get PDF document