Article 2 - Right to life

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Daraibou v. Croatia, no. 84523/17

17/01/23

​Life-threatening fire in police station detention centre.
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Mortier v. Belgium, no. 78017/17

04/10/22

Death by euthanasia of applicant’s mother without him being informed.
Judgment | Legal Summary

Pârvu v. Romania, no. 13326/18

30/08/22

Use of force during police operation where individual, wrongly identified as dangerous fugitive, was fatally shot.
Judgment | Legal Summary

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