Article 2 - Right to life

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V.T. and Others v. Azerbaijan, no. 20075/16

18/06/26

Allegations of torture and unlawful killing of the applicants’ relative, a soldier, during an armed conflict in April 2016 between Azerbaijan and Armenia over territories which formed at the material time the unrecognised “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”.
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Medmoune v. France, no. 55026/22

05/02/26

Medical decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from a patient who had written clear advance directives to the contrary.
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Navalnyy v. Russia (no. 4), nos. 4743/21 and 37083/21

03/02/26

Allegations of ill-treatment and risk to the applicant’s life in prison, and alleged unlawfulness of his detention.
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