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Mocanu v Romania
Mocanu and Others v Romania [GC], App nos 10865/09, 45886/07 and 32431/08 (ECtHR, 17 September 2014)
Key Principle
The procedural obligation to investigate under Articles 2 and 3 ECHR is a continuing one not subject to ordinary limitation periods where the State has failed to conduct an effective investigation, and excessive and unjustified delay in investigating deaths and ill-treatment arising from State violence breaches those procedural obligations and Article 6(1).
Area of Law
General
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