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Lopes de Sousa Fernandes v Portugal

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Lopes de Sousa Fernandes v Portugal
   
Issue: Whether a death resulting from an arguable case of medical negligence was in breach of the substantive obligations of Art 2 ECHR; whether the domestic investigations into the death satisfied the procedural obligations under Art 2 ECHR.
   
Court: ECtHR (Grand Chamber)
   
Reference:   appn 56080/13
   
Neutral Citation:  
   
Judge(s): G Raimondi (President), A Nubberger, L-A Sicilianos, G Yudkivska, R Spano, L L Guerra, M L Trajkovska, I Karakas, N Vucinic, P Pinto de Albuquerque, H Keller, K Turkovic, Y Grozev, P P Vilanova, A Polackova, P Koskelo, G A Serghides
   
Date: 19 December 2017