Yilmaz v. Turkey

A 20-year-old Y killed himself while performing his compulsory military service after being provoked by Sergeant A’s physical and verbal violence who had been informed of Y’s problems linking to his sister’s marital difficulties. The ECtHR concluded a violation of Article 2 as the authorities failed to effectively protect the victim from the improper conduct of his superiors.

Topics

• Gender-based violence in general

Geographical location

• Europe
• Turkey

Keywords

• violence
• compulsory
• military
• verbal
• article 2
• european court of human rights

Year

• 2008

External URL

• Yilmaz v. Turkey

Court

• European Court of Human Rights

Type

• International Case Law

Jurisdiction

• European Court of Human Rights