ECHR Judgement on
the shooting of the
IRA members in
Gibraltar

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Summary of the judgement

Hudoc reference     REF00000528
Document type     Judgment (Merits and Art. 50)
Title     CASE OF McCANN AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM
Application number     00018984/91
Date     27/09/1995
Respondent     United Kingdom
Conclusion     Violation of Art. 2 ; Pecuniary damage - claim rejected ; Non-pecuniary damage - claim rejected ; Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
Published in     A324
Keywords     Life ; Use of Force ; Absolutely necessary ; Positive obligations ; Defence from unlawful violence ; Proportionality ; Just satisfaction ; Costs and expenses

THE COURT

1. Holds, by 10 votes to nine that there has been a violation of Article 2 of the Convention;

2. Holds, unanimously, that the United Kingdom is to pay to the applicants, within three months, L38,700 (thirty-eight thousand seven hundred) for costs and expenses incurred in the Strasbourg proceedings, less 37,731 (thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-one) FF to be converted into pounds sterling at the rate of exchange applicable on the date of delivery of the present judgment;

3. Dismisses, unanimously, the applicants’ claims for damages;

4. Dismisses, unanimously, the applicants’ claim for costs and expenses incurred in the Gibraltar Inquest;

5. Dismisses, the remainder of the claims for just satisfaction.

For the full judgement including the statement of the dissenting justices please read the .pdf document prepared from the full judgement downloaded from the ECHR website. It is presented here as a document appropriate to the history of Gibraltar and because it seems to be no longer publically available on the ECHR website.

 
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