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European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber): Gäfgen v. Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Antoine Buyse*
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2010

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End notes

* This text was reproduced and reformatted from the text available at the European Court of Human Rights website (visited Nov. 28, 2010) http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=868977&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&tabl.

1 Gäfgen v. Germany, 2010 Eur. Ct. H.R. 759 (June 1, 2010) [hereinafter Gäfgen].

2 See, e.g., T. v United Kingdom, App. No. 24724/94, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Dec. 16, 1999) (the parents of murdered British toddler Jamie Bulger were given permission to submit comments).

3 Jalloh v. Germany, App. No. 54810/00, Eur. Ct. H.R. (July 11, 2006).

4 Id. ¶ 105.

5 Gäfgen, ¶ 178.

6 Opuz v. Turkey, App. No. 33401/02, Eur. Ct. H.R. ¶ 163 (June 9, 2009).

1 Rectified on 3 June 2010: the name of Judge Kovler has been added.

2 However, with regard to Article 6 of the Convention, we consider, unlike the majority, that there was a violation of that Article, and we refer to the joint dissenting opinion of Judges Rozakis, Tulkens, Jebens, Ziemele, Bianku and Power.

3 G. KELLENS, Punir. Pénologie et droit des sanctions pénales, Liège, Editions juridiques de l’Université de Liège, 2000, pp. 59 et seq.; P. PONCELA, Droit de la peine, Paris, PUF, coll. Thémis, 2nd edition, 2001, pp. 458 et seq.

4 See Schenk v. Switzerland, 12 July 1988, Series A no. 140; Khan v. the United Kingdom, no. 35394/97, ECHR 2000-V; P.G. and J.H. v. the United Kingdom, no. 44787/98, ECHR 2001-IX; Allan v. the United Kingdom, no. 48539/99, ECHR 2002-IX; Perry v. the United Kingdom, no. 63737/00, ECHR 2003-IX (extracts); Jalloh v. Germany [GC], no. 54810/00, ECHR 2006-IX; and Bykov v. Russia [GC], no. 4378/02, ECHR 2009- . . .

5 See Perry v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 63737/00, 26 September 2002.

6 Harutyunyan v. Armenia, no. 36549/03, §§ 63, 66, ECHR 2007-VIII.

7 Göçmen v. Turkey, no. 72000/01, §§ 74-75, 17 October 2006.

8 Jalloh v. Germany [GC], no. 54810/00, § 99, ECHR 2006-IX.

9 Ibid., § 107.

10 Salduz v. Turkey [GC], no. 36391/02, § 58, ECHR 2008- . . .

11 See, inter alia, Chahal v. the United Kingdom, 15 November 1996, § 79, Reports 1996-V; V. v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 24888/94, § 69, ECHR 1999-IX; Ramirez Sanchez v. France [GC], no. 59450/00, § 116, ECHR 2006-IX, and Saadi v. Italy [GC], no. 37201/06, § 127, ECHR 2008- . . .

12 Rectified on 3 June 2010: the name of Judge Kovler has been added.