McCann and others v. The United Kingdom and positive obligations pertaining to the planning and control of the operations of law enforcement in line with article 2 of the ECHR

Abstract

Positive obligations are obligations of the Member States of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to take active steps to protect the rights guaranteed by this Convention. When it comes to the protection of the right to life, as one of the basic human rights, the case of McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom set a precedent and established new obligations for States party to the Convention when it comes to planning and conducting law enforcement operations. The manner in which these obligations were established, their scope and content, as well as the comments from jurisprudence and practitioners on this innovative judgment, are the subject of the analysis of this paper.