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Country of Applicant: United Kingdom
Keywords: Actor of persecution or serious harm, Actors of protection, Effective remedy (right to), Internal armed conflict, Terrorism
The killing of 3 IRA terrorist by SAS soldiers in order to prevent a suspected bomb attack is alleged as a deprivation of the right to life under Article 2 of the Convention. The ECtHR rules that the UK authorities were in breach of Article 2 in the control and organisation of the operation against the suspects.
Date: 27-09-1995