The European Court and the duty to investigate deaths

September 22, 2009 | No Comments

This article by Aidan O’Neill QC concerns the duty of the State to investigate suspicious or unexplained deaths and suggests that the Scottish Ministers have a continuing duty under Article 2 to initiate such a public inquiry in the case of the deaths as a result of the Lockerbie bombing, notwithstanding that these deaths long-predated the Human Rights Act and the Scotland Act.

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Art. 02 Right to Life, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, EU Law

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