Afghan Abdul Hanan lost two sons in the NATO attack. The European Court of Human Rights is to clarify whether the attack requested by a German colonel constitutes a violation of human rights.
Just over ten years after the NATO air raid in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which left many dead, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg dealt with the case this Wednesday. The trial before the Grand Chamber dealt with the lawsuit of the Afghan Abdul Hanan against Germany. He accuses the Bundeswehr of violating human rights.
Plaintiffs failed before German courts
According to Hanan’s lawyer Karim Popal, the court should clarify whether, in the case of the attack initiated by Colonel Georg Klein at the night of September 4, 2009, “the European Convention on Human Rights applies and whether it has been taken into account by the Bundeswehr or not”. Hanan had lost two sons aged eight and twelve in the air raid. Hanan and other survivors had failed with compensation claims before German courts. Investigations against Klein have been terminated. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had ruled that German official liability law was not applicable to Bundeswehr missions abroad.
