JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF EKINCI v. TURKEY In a judgment transfered at Strasbourg on 18 July 2000 in the case of Ekinci v. Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights held that there had been no violation of Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights. 1. Principal facts The applicant, Seho Ekinci, a Turkish national, was born in 1962 and lives at Martigny (Switzerland). The applicant's brother, Nuri Ekinci, a branch committee member of …showed first 75 words of 516 total…

…showed last 75 words of 516 total…identification of the murderers, it had nonetheless been effective and the relevant authorities could not be said to have remained passive. Having regard to the foregoing findings and having examined the various measures that were taken in the case before it, the Court concluded that the investigations into the circumstances of the death of the applicant's brother could be considered to have been effective. The Court held that there had been no violation of Article 2.