Violation of the right to life is the most severe
type of physical assault against humans. In this study decisions by the
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) about violation of the right to life
cases in Turkey are investigated, with the aim of determining deficiencies and
errors in forensic medical procedures and to discuss the effect of these on the
violation decision. Digital court files with decisions made by the ECHR from
1998 to 15.05.2002 published on the internet were retrospectively investigated.
Cases with decisions against Turkey for right to life violations were
determined. This study assessed data related to death investigations. Data
analysis was performed with the Epi-Info 2000 program. From a total of 21 files
(22 cases) with decisions of right to life violation and/or torture, there were
12 cases with decision of right to life violation (54.5%). For 11 cases (91.7%)
examination of the deceased was performed, with this examination only performed
by a forensic medicine specialist for 2 cases
(18.2%). It was determined that autopsy was not performed for 8 cases (66.7%).
Of the 4 cases with autopsy performed, none (100.0%) had photographs or
radiologic imaging taken, skin sampling for microscopic and chemical analysis
or sampling of any biological material performed. This research showed that,
there were serious deficiencies and errors in forensic medical procedures and those
investigations of death are not standardized. To prevent violations of the
right to life and to efficiently perform inquiries related to death, doctors
with sufficient knowledge and skills about forensic medical procedures should
be required to abide by the Minnesota autopsy protocol.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Klinik Tıp Bilimleri |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 31 Ocak 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1 |