3. Arts 2, 3, 5, 6 Flashcards
Art 2(2)
Limitations
- Defence of any person from unlawful violence
- To effect lawful arrest or prevent escape of person lawfully detained
- Action lawfully taken for purpose of quelling riot/insurrection
McCann, Farrell and Savage v UK
IRA members shot dead driving to Gibraltar
Two obligations on state
- To investigate all situations in which state directly takes life
- Refrain from unlawful killing - duty of command, control and training
Jordan v UK
Violation of Art 2 found on grounds of flawed inquests
Osman v Uk
Art 2 can impose positive obligation on state to protect life
Amin
Failure to carry out investigation that was public, independent and with involvement of family was in breach of Art 2
NHS Trust A v M
Withdrawal of treatment to M (patient in persistent vegetative state) wouldn’t constitute a breach of Art 2
Petty v UK
ECtHR upholds UK courts refusal to promise immunity from prosecution to husband of a patient suffering from motor neurone disease in the event he helped to commit suicide
Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Trust
Overturning CA, HL holds NHS trust under positive duty to prevent psychiatric patient committing suicide after release
Q
Art 3 imposes positive duty on public authority to take action to prevent individuals being subjected to torture or IDT
Bagdanavicious
C may be able to establish Art 3 claim if he can show that authority knew or ought to have known of circumstances likely to expose him to torture or IDT
Ireland v UK
Basic distinction between torture and IDT
Systematic programme including wall-standing and sleep deprivation amounts only to IDT
Askoy v Turkey
Applicant stripped naked, strung up with arms tied behind back and had electrodes attached to genitals. Beaten for 4 days. Torture
Aydin v Turkey
Applicant raped, beaten, stripped and sprayed with high-pressure water. Torture
Napier v The Scottish Ministers
Lack of toilet facilities in prison cell, aggravating applicant’s eczema, is IDT
Sprinks
Failure to release prisoner to facilitate treatment for cancer held not to be IDT
Soering v UK
Deportation of German national to US, where he would face death penalty, would violate Art 3 because of drawn-out nature of process would amount to IDT
Chahal v UK
Deportation of Sikh activist to India would violate Art 3 because at risk of mistreatment by rogue elements in Punjab police
EM and others
Duty not to deport foreign nationals held not to apply only to countries with real, systematic risk of our IDT
Vinnter and others v UK
Whole-life tariff violates Art 3