Citaat | Parket bij de Hoge Raad 2 mei 2014

Onder 2.8. Parket bij de Hoge Raad 2 mei 2014

Een alinea uit Parket bij de Hoge Raad 2 mei 2014, ECLI:NL:PHR:2014:369.

182. The Court reiterates that where an individual raises an arguable claim that he has suffered treatment infringing Article 3 at the hands of the police or other similar agents of the State, that provision, read in conjunction with the State’s general duty under Article 1 of the Convention to “secure to everyone within their jurisdiction the rights and freedoms defined in ... [the] Convention”, requires by implication that there should be an effective official investigation. Such investigation should be capable of leading to the identification and punishment of those responsible. Otherwise, the general legal prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment would, despite its fundamental importance, be ineffective in practice and it would be possible in some cases for agents of the State to abuse the rights of those within their control with virtual impunity (…).

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