ANGUELOVA v. BULGARIA JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Anguelova v. Bulgaria, The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Mr C.L. ROZAKIS, President, Mr G. BONELLO, Mr P. LORENZEN, Mrs N. VAJIĆ, Mrs S. BOTOUCHAROVA, Mr V. ZAGREBELSKY, Mrs E. STEINER, judges, and Mr E. FRIBERGH, Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 23 May 2002, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 38361/97) against the Republic of Bulgaria lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Bulgarian national, Mrs Assya Anguelova (“the applicant”), on 20 September 1997. 2. The applicant, who had been granted legal aid, was represented before the Court by Mr Y. Grozev, a lawyer practising in Sofia. The Bulgarian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agents, Mrs V. Djidjeva and Mrs G. Samaras, of the Ministry of Justice. 3. The applicant alleged that her son had been ill-treated by police officers and had died as a result, that the police had failed to provide adequate medical treatment for her son's injuries, that the authorities had failed to carry out an effective investigation, that her son's detention had been unlawful, that she did not have an effective remedy and that there had been discrimination on the basis of her son's Roma/Gypsy origin. The applicant relied on Articles 2, 3, 5, 13 and 14 of the Convention. 4. The application was transmitted to the Court on 1 November 1998, when Protocol No. 11 to the Convention came into force (Article 5 § 2 of Protocol No. 11). 5. The application was allocated to the Fourth Section of the Court (Rule 52 § 1 of the Rules of Court).