The ECHR judgment of August 27, 2019 in the case of Khatuyeva and Others v. Russia (application No. 4310/10 and two other applications).
In 2010, the applicants were assisted in preparing applications. Subsequently, the applications were consolidated and communicated by the Russian Federation.
In the case, the applications of the disappearance of the applicants' close relatives after they were illegally detained during special operations were successfully examined. The applicants also alleged that no effective investigation into this circumstance had been carried out. The case has violated article 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
In their applications, the applicants complained that their close relatives had disappeared after they had been illegally detained during special operations. The applicants also alleged that no effective investigation into this circumstance had been carried out.
On 27 August 2019, according to the applications submitted by the applicants, the Court unanimously ruled that in the present case the Government violated the requirements of Article 2 of the Convention (the right to life) in its procedural and legal aspect, and ordered the respondent Government to pay the applicants for each complaint EUR 27,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage.