CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 5 septembre 2013

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A.     The circumstances of the case The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows. 1.     Killing of the applicants’ close relatives On 22 August 1991 Dragan Bekić, Nenad Pajić, Miland Kladar and Radovan Kragulj, the applicants’ respective close relatives, were killed by members of the Croatian Army. An investigation was opened in respect of Ð.B. and V.M. in the Osijek County Court on charges of war crimes against the civilian population which also included the killings of the applicants’ close relatives. 2.     Proceedings on indictment On 16 December 2011 the Osijek County State Attorney’s Office lodged an indictment against V.M. and Ð.B. in the Osijek County Court, alleging that they had been in command of the unit whose unknown members committed a number of crimes against the civilian population between July 1991 and June 1992, including the killings of the applicants’ close relatives, described above. They were charged with war crimes against the civilian population. The proceedings are currently pending. COMPLAINT The applicants complain under Article 2 of the Convention of the killing of their close relatives. They also complaint that the criminal law mechanisms as applied in the cases concerning the killings of their close relatives have not met the standards of the procedural aspect of Article 2 of the Convention.       QUESTION TO THE PARTIES     Having regard to the procedural protection of the right to life, was the manner in which the criminal law mechanisms have been applied in the present cases by the domestic authorities in breach of Article 2 of the Convention?   The Government are invited to submit copies of all case files and other documents concerning the killing of the applicants’ relatives. Appendix       No Application No Lodged on Applicant Date of birth Place of residence Represented by   67499/12 28/09/2012 Milka BEKIĆ 02/08/1955 Sisak Bekić DUŠKO 18/11/1982 Sisak   Bekić DUNJA 23/12/1983 Sisak   Bekić DANIJEL 06/03/1988 Sisak Luka ŠUŠAK   67522/12 28/09/2012 Radojka PAJIĆ 02/02/1960 Barajevo Pajić DAMIR 17/10/1978 Barajevo   Pajić JOVICA 20/01/1982 Barajevo Luka ŠUŠAK   74387/12 05/11/2012 Dragica KLADAR 02/03/1942 Blinjski Kut Luka ŠUŠAK   3466/13 18/12/2012 Mara KRAGULJ 15/10/1955 Čačak Kragulj MILAN 23/06/1974 Čačak Kragulj DRAGAN 05/12/1984 Čačak Kragulj MILENA 15/06/1976 Blinjski Put   Luka ŠUŠAK