CASE OF JALOUD v. THE NETHERLANDS
Hearing: Jaloud v. the Netherlands (no. 47708/08)  (Grand Chamber hearing, 2014-02-19 00:00:00)
Application no.: 47708/08
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2014-11-20 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2014:1120JUD004770808
Respondent state: NLD
Articles of the Convention: 1;2;2-1;2-2;41
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;Alvina Gyulumyan;András Sajó;Corneliu Bîrsan;Dean Spielmann;Elisabeth Steiner;Gilbert Guillaume;Guido Raimondi;Ineta Ziemele;Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre;Ján Šikuta;Johannes Silvis;Josep Casadevall;Kristina Pardalos;Luis López Guerra;Mark Villiger;Päivi Hirvelä;Zdravka Kalaydjieva
Represented by: ZEGVELD L. ; EIKELBOOM A.W.
Issue: Article 38 of the Military Criminal Code ; Article 12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
Strasbourg case-law cited: Al Jedda v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 27021/08, § 77, ECHR 2011;Al-Skeini and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 55721/07, ECHR 2011;Assanidze v. Georgia [GC], no. 71503/01, §§ 202-203, ECHR 2004 II;Banković and Others v. Belgium and Others (dec.) [GC], no. 52207/99, ECHR 2001 XII;Catan and Others v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia [GC], nos. 43370/04, 8252/05 and 18454/06, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Catan and Others v. Moldova and Russia judgment [GC], nos. 43370/04, 8252/05 and 18454/06, ECHR 2012;Cyprus v. Turkey [GC], no. 25781/94, ECHR 2001 IV;Dowsett v. the United Kingdom, no. 39482/98, § 41, ECHR 2003 VII;Edwards v. the United Kingdom, 16 December 1992, § 36, Series A no. 247 B;Finucane v. the United Kingdom, no. 29178/95, § 69, ECHR 2003 VIII;Giuliani and Gaggio v. Italy [GC], no. 23458/02, § 301, ECHR 2011;Hugh Jordan v. the United Kingdom, no. 24746/94, § 107, ECHR 2001 III (extracts);Hutten-Czapska v. Poland [GC], no. 35014/97, §§ 238-239, ECHR 2006 VIII;I.J.L. and Others v. the United Kingdom, nos. 29522/95, 30056/96 and 30574/96, § 112, ECHR 2000 IX;Ilaşcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia [GC], no. 48787/99, ECHR 2004 VII;Isayeva v. Russia, no. 57950/00, § 173, 24 February 2005;K. v. Italy, no. 38805/97, § 21, ECHR 2004 VIII;Kaya v. Turkey, 19 February 1998, § 87, Reports 1998-I;Kelly and Others v. the United Kingdom, no. 30054/96, § 93, 4 May 2001;Loizidou v. Turkey (preliminary objections), 23 March 1995, Series A no. 310;Makaratzis v. Greece [GC], no. 50385/99, § 74, ECHR 2004 XI;McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom, 27 September 1995, § 149, Series A no. 324;McKerr v. the United Kingdom, no. 28883/95, § 113, ECHR 2001 III;Pellegrini v. Italy, no. 30882/96, § 40, ECHR 2001-VIII;Ramsahai and Others v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 52391/99, ECHR 2007 II;Rowe and Davis v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 28901/95, § 60, ECHR 2000 II;Tahsin Acar v. Turkey [GC], no. 26307/95, § 223, ECHR 2004 III
External sources: MND (SE) (Multinational Division, South East) Memorandum of Understanding;MND (C-S) (Multinational Division, Central-South) Memorandum of Understanding;Article 42 of Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land (The Hague, 18 October 1907);Geneva Conventions of 1949;United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483;United Nations Security Council Resolution 1511;Coalition Provisional Authority Order no. 28 of 9 March 2003 (“Establishment Of The Iraqi Civil Defense Corps”);Article 6 of the International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility;Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2007, p. 43, § 406
Conclusion: Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2 - Positive obligations;Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Non-pecuniary damage - award
Separate opinion: TRUE