The ECHR judgment of 08 October 2019 in the case of Khakimova and Others v. Russia (application No. 36875/11 and four other applications).
In 2011, the applicants were assisted in preparing applications. Subsequently, the applications were consolidated and communicated by the Russian Federation.
The case has successfully examined applications of the disappearance of the applicants' relatives after their alleged detention by State agents, as well as the fact that no effective investigation was carried out in this regard. The case has violated the requirements of Articles 2, 3, 13 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
In their applications, the applicants complained that their relatives had disappeared after their alleged detention by State agents and that no effective investigation had been carried out in this connection.
On October 8, 2019, according to the applications filed by the applicants, the European Court unanimously ruled that in the present case the Russian authorities violated the requirements of Articles 2 (right to life), 3 (prohibition of torture), 5 (right to liberty and security of person), articles 13 of the Convention (right to an effective remedy) in conjunction with Articles 2, 3 and 5 of the Convention, Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (right to protection of property) and Article 13 of the Convention in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention. The applicants were awarded various amounts from 82,000 to 149,000 euros.