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Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights Finds Yugoslavian Bombing Victims’ Application Against NATO Member States Inadmissible

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Frank Schorkopf

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On 12 December 2001, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights unanimously found the case Bankovic et al. vs. 17 NATO and ECHR- Member States (NATO Bombing Case) inadmissible.

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Research Article
Information
German Law Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , February 2002 , E4
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by German Law Journal GbR 

References

(1) Grand Chamber, Decision as to the Admissibility of Application no. 52207/99 by Vlastimir and Borka BANKOVIÆ, Živana STOJANOVIÆ, Mirjana STOIMENOVSKI, Dragana JOKSIMOVIÆ and Dragan SUKOVIÆ against Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom, <http://hudoc.echr.coe.int>. See BBC News “Court throws out case against Nato”, 19 December 2001 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1719000/1719039.stm>..+See+BBC+News+“Court+throws+out+case+against+Nato”,+19+December+2001+.>Google Scholar

(2) Id., paras. 6–11.Google Scholar

(3) Article 2 of the Convention provides a right to life: “Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law.”Google Scholar

(4) Article 10.1 of the Convention provides a right to freedom of expression: “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.”Google Scholar

(5) Article 13 of the Convention provides a right to an effective remedy: “Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in this Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in official capacity.”Google Scholar

(6) See, Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (23 May 1969), 8 ILM 679:Google Scholar