KAIMOVA AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 24132/12 (Judgment : Violation of Right to life (Positive obligations Life) (Substantive aspect) Violation o...)

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

��������� Branko Lubarda, President, ��������� Pere Pastor Vilanova, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, judges, and Stephen Phillips , Section Registrar,

The case originated in an application (no. 24132/12 ) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by three Russian nationals, Ms Damani Kaimova, Ms Maryam Moldyyevna Kaimova, and Ms Zarina Tamiyevna Maskhurova (�the applicants�) on 11 April 2012.

The applicants were represented by Mr E. Vesselink, Ms V. Kogan and Ms. A. Kushleyko, lawyers from Stichting Russian Justice Initiative and Astreya Legal Assistance Organisation. The Russian Government (�the Government�) were represented Mr G. Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights , and later by his successor in that post, Mr M. Galperin .

. The applicants alleged in particular, that their relative, Mr Moldy Lom-Aliyevich Kaimov (�Mr Kaimov�) had died in detention owing to a lack of adequate medical assistance and that there had been no effective investigation of his death.