HANAN v. GERMANY - 4871/16 (Judgment : Remainder inadmissible : Grand Chamber)

Art 1 • Jurisdictional link engaging the obligation to investigate civilian deaths due to airstrike ordered during active hostilities in extraterritorial armed conflict • Existence of �special features� establishing link: exclusive jurisdiction of Germany over its troops with respect to serious crimes and obligation to investigate under international humanitarian law (IHL) and domestic law • Afghan authorities prevented for legal reasons from instituting investigation

Art 2 (procedural) • Adequacy, promptness, reasonable expedition and independence of the investigation • Absence of substantive normative conflict between IHL and Art 2 • Facts established in a thorough and reliable manner in order to determine legality of use of lethal force • Participation of next-of-kin and public scrutiny • Existence of remedy to challenge effectiveness of investigation

��������� Jon Fridrik Kj�lbro, President, ��������� Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, ��������� Ksenija Turković, ��������� Paul Lemmens, ��������� Yonko Grozev, ��������� Helen Keller, ��������� Ale� Pejchal, ��������� Faris Vehabović, ��������� Carlo Ranzoni, ��������� Mārtiņ� Mits, ��������� Tim Eicke, ��������� Lәtif H�seynov, ��������� Lado Chanturia, ��������� Arnfinn B�rdsen, ��������� Erik Wennerstr�m, ��������� Saadet Y�ksel, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, judges, and Johan Callewaert, Deputy Grand Chamber Registrar,

The case originated in an application (no. 4871/16 ) against the Federal Republic of Germany lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by an Afghan national, Mr Abdul Hanan (�the applicant�), on 13 January 2016.

The applicant was represented by Mr W. Kaleck , a lawyer practising in Berlin. The German Government (�the Government�) were represented by two of their Agents, Ms A. Wittling-Vogel and Ms. N. Wenzel, of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection .