GVOZDEVA v. RUSSIA - 69997/11 (Judgment : No Article 2 - Right to life : Third Section)

Art 2 (substantive) • No positive obligation on authorities to take operational measures to prevent risk to life of conscript, given unforeseeability of circumstances leading to his suicide

Art 2 (procedural) • Ineffective investigation into possibility of incitement to commit suicide by other servicemen • Investigator�s failure to elucidate origin of injuries found on conscript�s body, unexplained lack of questioning of two witnesses despite domestic court instructions to that effect, and unresolved discrepancies in other witness statements

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Georges Ravarani, President, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, ��������� Andreas Z�nd, ��������� Fr�d�ric Krenc, ��������� Mikhail Lobov, judges, and Milan Bla�ko, Section Registrar,