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Greuter v. The Netherlands

Greuter v. The Netherlands    [  ] GREUTER v. the NETHERLANDS Right to respect for private life – inadmissible Article 8 Telephone tapping in the context of a preliminary investigation On  March  a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights unani- mously declared inadmissible the application in the case of Greuter v. the Nether- lands . Summary of the facts The applicant’s partner was killed during a fight between supporters of two rival football teams. Shortly after the incident, the police opened an investigation into whether and to what extent a group of supporters, with whom the applicant’s partner had been in close contact, formed part of a criminal organisation involved in premeditated acts of violence. The public prosecutor launched a preliminary investigation against a person or persons unknown. As part of the preliminary investigation and at the request of the public prosecutor, the investigating judge authorised the tapping of the applicant’s telephone line. She was never suspected of being involved in any related criminal activities. Her lawyer learnt about the telephone tapping by finding it mentioned in the case-file of another client of his. In reply to a letter of the applicant’s lawyer, the public http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights Case Digest Brill

Greuter v. The Netherlands

Human Rights Case Digest , Volume 13 (3-4): 371 – Jan 1, 2002

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0965-934X
eISSN
1571-8131
DOI
10.1163/157181302761416467
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Abstract

   [  ] GREUTER v. the NETHERLANDS Right to respect for private life – inadmissible Article 8 Telephone tapping in the context of a preliminary investigation On  March  a Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights unani- mously declared inadmissible the application in the case of Greuter v. the Nether- lands . Summary of the facts The applicant’s partner was killed during a fight between supporters of two rival football teams. Shortly after the incident, the police opened an investigation into whether and to what extent a group of supporters, with whom the applicant’s partner had been in close contact, formed part of a criminal organisation involved in premeditated acts of violence. The public prosecutor launched a preliminary investigation against a person or persons unknown. As part of the preliminary investigation and at the request of the public prosecutor, the investigating judge authorised the tapping of the applicant’s telephone line. She was never suspected of being involved in any related criminal activities. Her lawyer learnt about the telephone tapping by finding it mentioned in the case-file of another client of his. In reply to a letter of the applicant’s lawyer, the public

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Published: Jan 1, 2002

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