The application No. 27850/03 was submitted to the ECtHR by GHM.

According to the ECtHR, Greece violated twice Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights, both in its substantive part (a police officer shot then 17-year old Rom Ioannis Karagiannopoulos who has since remained 100% invalid) and in its procedural part (there was no effective investigation into the near fatal shooting), and must award the victim 120,000 euros for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage.

The events of 26 January 1998 that led to the conviction and the ECtHR ruling are briefly described in the Court’s release attached.
(Greek Helsinki Monitor)

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