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Mastromatteo v Italy

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Mastromatteo v Italy
   
Issue: Whether Art 2 was breached when a member of the public was killed by prisoners who had absconded from prison leave; whether the procedural requirements of Art 2 had been breached.
   
Court: ECtHR
   
Reference:   Appn 37703/97
   
Neutral Citation:  
   
Judge(s): L Wildhaber (President), CL Rozakis, JP Costa, G Ress, Sir N Bratza, B Conforti, Gaukur Jorundsson, G Bonello, V Straznicka, C Birsan, M Fischbach, V Butkevych, B Zupancic, M Pellonpaa, M Tsatsa-Niklovska, E Levits, S Pavlovschi.
   
Date: 24 October 2002