authorities’ failure to act of their own motion but also constitute a breach of the obligation to exercise exemplary diligence and promptness in dealing with such a serious crime (see Paul and Audrey Edwards

Officer G. denied that he had used force against the applicant in the police station. This officer also maintained that the applicant had confessed voluntarily. 20.

He had said during the preliminary investigation that he had seen I.J. hitting L., whereas in court he had said that he had been further away from the scene and denied having seen anything.

    On 15 October 2002 an investigating judge of the Sisak County Court heard evidence from Z.G., a former Croatian soldier who firstly denied knowing anything about the fate of the applicant

They had therefore been denied an opportunity to contest the accusations levelled at the first applicant.

authorities’ failure to act of their own motion but also constitute a breach of the obligation to exercise exemplary diligence and promptness in dealing with such a serious crime (see Paul and Audrey Edwards

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The judge will then decide whether the conduct is reasonable, or should be prevented. He will carry out the balancing exercise.

    The Court observes that in adopting this approach it will have regard to whether the proceedings as a whole were fair within the meaning of the Convention (see, for example, the Edwards v

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