TSALIKIDIS AND OTHERS v. GREECE JUDGMENT
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In the case of Tsalikidis and Others v. Greece,
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a
Chamber composed of:
Kristina Pardalos, President,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,
Aleš Pejchal,
Krzysztof Wojtyczek,
Armen Harutyunyan,
Tim Eicke,
Jovan Ilievski, judges,
and Abel Campos, Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 17 October 2017,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 73974/14) against the
Hellenic Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the
Convention”) by three Greek nationals, whose names appear in the annexed
list, on 19 November 2014. The applicants were represented by
Mr S. Hoursolglou, a lawyer practising in Athens.
2. The Greek Government (“the Government”) were represented by their
Agent’s delegates, Mrs S. Charitaki and Mrs A. Dimitrakopoulou, Legal
Counsellor and Senior Advisor respectively at the State Legal Council.
3. The applicants alleged, in particular, that the domestic authorities had
failed to carry out an effective investigation into the circumstances
surrounding the death of Mr Costas Tsalikidis, brother of the first applicant
and son of the second and third applicants.
4. On 3 March 2016 the complaints concerning the lack of an effective
investigation into the death of Mr Tsalikidis and the lack of an effective
remedy in respect thereof were communicated to the Government and the
remainder of the application was declared inadmissible pursuant to Rule 54
§ 3 of the Rules of Court.