Article 2 - Right to life
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Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy, nos. 51567/14 and 3 others
Failure of the domestic authorities to take appropriate measures to protect the applicants’ lives from environmental hazards caused by systematic, decade-long, widespread and large-scale pollution due to illegal dumping of hazardous waste, often carried out by criminal organised groups.
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Ghaoui v. France, no. 41208/21
Applicant left paraplegic as a result of a shot fired at his car by a police officer while driving away to evade questioning.
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A.P. v. Austria, no. 1718/21
Death of the applicant’s son during a “heat march” while performing compulsory military service.
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