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In 2003, the applicant\u2019s daughter was detained pre-trial. The family informed the administration of the detention center about the woman\u2019s medical problems. However, their concerns were not taken into consideration and, a couple of days after being placed in a detention center, the applicant\u2019s daughter was transported to the hospital in serious condition. She died soon after. The proceedings against the detention center\u2019s physician had been ongoing before Polish courts until December 2013 when they were discontinued at the appellate stage due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.<\/p>\n
In her application, Ms. P. alleged that Polish authorities had violated her daughter\u2019s right to life (art. 2 of the Convention), as they had not complied with an obligation to provide her daughter with proper medical care in the course of detention. \u201cThe applicant also claimed that procedural standards had been violated,\u201d explains advocate Pawe\u0142 Osik, the applicant\u2019s co-counsel. \u201cThere were no timely and effective judicial proceedings in the case in order to establish the woman\u2019s cause of death and punish those responsible,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
In the proceedings before the ECHR, the Polish government submitted a unilateral declaration in which it admitted that the applicant\u2019s daughter had not been provided with proper medical care. The government also admitted that the lack of an effective investigation violated the Convention. The government pledged to pay 15 000 EUR in compensation.<\/p>\n
\u201eThis is yet another case before the ECHR concerning article 2 of the Convention related to the lack of effective proceedings into the causes of death of the applicant\u2019s relative,\u201d says advocate Miko\u0142aj Pietrzak. \u201cI hope that both this decision and other ECHR decisions in similar cases will improve human rights standards in this matter,\u201d advocate Miko\u0142aj Pietrzak adds.<\/p>\n
The case was conducted as part of the Strategic Litigation Program of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. Advocates Miko\u0142aj Pietrzak and Pawe\u0142 Osik represented the applicant pro bono in the proceedings both in national courts and before the ECHR.<\/p>\n
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