32 İLHAN v. TURKEY JUDGMENT when the Court firstly accepts that “two contemporaneous medical reports identified the head injury as being of a life-threatening character”, that “this has left him with a long-term loss of function” and that “the seriousness of his injury is therefore not in doubt” (see paragraph 77 of the judgment) and secondly finds, “having regard to the severity of the ill-treatment”, that the applicant's brother was the victim of “very serious and cruel suffering that may be characterised as torture” (see paragraph 87 of the judgment). 4. In conclusion, we think that Article 2 of the Convention imposes an obligation on the States to protect the right to life against acts capable of endangering it, no matter who is responsible for those acts and irrespective of whether they result from intention, recklessness or negligence. In this case, Abdüllatif İlhan received blows to the head which were identified by doctors at the time of the events as being of a “life-threatening character”, without it having been shown that such use of force was absolutely necessary within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Convention.