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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 123 (2023)   25.04.2023   Judgments of 25 April 2023   The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of one Chamber   judgment1 which is summarised below.   This judgment is available only in English.   Ohanjanyan v. Armenia (application no. 70665/11)   The applicant, Suren Ohanjanyan, now deceased, was an Armenian national who was born in 1953   and lived in Yerevan. His widow has continued the application in his stead.   The case concerns the death of the applicant’s son, T. Ohanjanyan, in 2007 during his compulsory   military service. The official reason for the death was electrocution through his accidentally touching   the guy wires of a radio relay station antenna mast, which was not earthed properly. The   investigation was, however, still ongoing as of January 2022.   Relying on Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant   strongly disputes the electrocution hypothesis, and complains that the authorities failed to provide a   plausible explanation for or properly investigate the death of his son. He believes that his son was   murdered, and alleges that the authorities failed to properly examine photographs of the corpse   that show signs of ill-treatment, including missing teeth and burn marks.   Violation of Article 2 (right to life and investigation)   Just satisfaction:   to the applicant’s widow:   non-pecuniary damage: 50,000 euros (EUR)   costs and expenses: EUR 44   This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,   judgments and further information about the Court can be found on www.echr.coe.int. To receive   the Court’s press releases, please subscribe here: www.echr.coe.int/RSS/en or follow us on Twitter   @ECHR_CEDH.   Press contacts   [email protected] | tel.: +33 3 90 21 42 08   We would encourage journalists to send their enquiries via email.   Tracey Turner-Tretz (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 35 30)   Denis Lambert (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 41 09)   Inci Ertekin (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 55 30)   Neil Connolly (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 48 05)   Jane Swift (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 29 04)   Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a judgment’s   delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a panel of five   judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and deliver a final   judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the Convention,   judgments delivered by a Committee are final.   Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.   Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution.   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe member   States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   2