[Dissent-fr-info] [ENG]No justice: Carlo Giuliani

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*Rights court clears Italy over death of G8 demonstrator*

The European Court of Human Rights Thursday cleared Italy of any responsibility for
the death of a demonstrator during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.

Carlo Giuliani, 23, was shot in the head during violent clashes between police and
militant radicals on July 20, 2001. A vehicle drove over his body after the shooting.

The circumstances surrounding his death created an uproar and criticism of the
government headed by Silvio Berlusconi.

The judges found that the policeman who fired the fatal shot had "acted in the honest
belief that his own life and physical integrity and those of his colleagues were in
danger from the attack to which they were being subjected".

It said that in the circumstances "the use of a potentially lethal means of defence
such as the firing of shots had been justified".

It found that "it was clear from the evidence at the court's disposal that the
carabiniere (policeman) had given a warning while holding his weapon in a clearly
visible manner, and that he had fired the shots only when the attack had not ceased".

Giuliani's family had turned to the Strasbourg court after no proceedings were taken
against the police officer, arguing that the young man's right to life had been
violated, he had been subject to inhuman treatment, and that there had been excessive
use of force and bad organisation of the security forces.

In a preliminary judgement in 2009 the court criticised the Italian authorities for
conducting an inadequate inquiry into the death while rejecting charges of excessive
use of force and dysfunctions in the maintaining of law and order.

On Thursday they ruled by 13 votes to four there had been no violation of the right
to life and by 10 votes to 7 rejected claims relating to the planning of the summit
policing operation, the legal framework governing the use of force and the adequacy
of the investigation.

Source:
http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/rights-court-clears-italy-over-death-of-g8-demonstrator_138055.html

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