Article 1 - ​Obligation to respect human rights

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Ioppa v. Ukraine (dec.), nos. 73776/14 and 3 others

20/01/26

Complaints by foreign nationals, relatives of victims of the downing of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014, about the alleged failure of the authorities to protect the lives of the victims by not completely closing the airspace above the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.
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Abdulaal Naser and Others v. Denmark, no. 46571/22

21/10/25

Alleged ill-treatment, and corresponding domestic compensation claim, of 21 Iraqi nationals during a search and arrest operation in 2004 by Danish soldiers who were part of the UN-authorised multinational military force in Iraq, after sovereignty had been transferred to the Iraqi interim government.
Judgment


Storimans-Verhulst and Others v. Russia, no. 26302/10

07/10/25

Death of a photojournalist and injuries sustained by his colleagues as a result of an apparent missile strike on the town of Gori (situated in the “buffer zone” in undisputed Georgian territory) during the armed conflict between Georgia and Russia in August 2008.
Judgment


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