The case concerns the death of an individual suffering from psychiatric disorders who was the victim of ill-treatment during a police operation. The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the ECHR (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment).
At the time of writing, the case remains open. However, no NGO communications have been submitted.
Read MoreOn 16th June 2009, Danijel Đurđević—alongside his mother Katica Đurđević—were brutally beaten. They alleged that the attack had been carried out by Croatian police.
In its judgment, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the state had failed in its duty to carry out an investigation into allegations of ill-treatment by state officials. The state attorney general had lacked both transparency and independence.
The allegation of police ill-treatment has still never been properly investigated - along with three other similar cases, where violations were found by the European Court.
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