GRAY v. GERMANY AND UNITED KINGDOM - 49278/09 - Communicated Case [2013] ECHR 435 (15 May 2013)

Citation: [2013] ECHR 435
Parties: Applicant: Stuart Gray; Applicant: Rory Gray; Respondent: Germany; Respondent: United Kingdom
Jurisdiction: European Union
Judgment Date: 15 May 2013
Procedural Posture: Application to the European Court of Human Rights / Communicated Case; Questions to the German Government
Outcome: Communicated to the German Government for observations; no final determination on merits or admissibility at this stage.
Legal Topics: Right to Life, Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies, Procedural Obligations Under Article 2

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Stuart Gray

Applicant

Rory Gray

Applicant

Germany

Respondent

United Kingdom

Respondent

Application to the European Court of Human Rights / Communicated Case; Questions to the German Government

1 Whether the applicants exhausted all effective domestic remedies as required by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention regarding the investigation into their father's death
2 Whether a complaint to the Federal Constitutional Court would have constituted an effective remedy
3 Whether the investigation by German authorities breached Article 2 of the Convention, specifically regarding involvement of the deceased's next of kin

Communicated to the German Government for observations; no final determination on merits or admissibility at this stage.