Article 1 - ​Obligation to respect human rights

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Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others (dec.) [GC], no. 39371/20

09/04/24

Extraterritorial jurisdiction in the context of climate change.
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al-Hawsawi v. Lithuania, no. 6383/17

16/01/24

Inhuman treatment and unacknowledged, incommunicado detention of a terrorist suspect during CIA extraordinary rendition operations.
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Israilov v. Russia, nos. 21882/09 and 6189/10

24/10/23

The Russian authorities' failure to comply with the procedural obligation to cooperate with the Austrian authorities in the investigation into the murder of the applicant’s son in Austria.
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