http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210218-172025-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/tailoring-the-jurisdiction-of-the-echr/ Tailoring the Jurisdiction of the ECHR - The ECtHR’s Grand Chamber Decision in Hanan v. Germany Mehta, Kalika eng 2021-02-18 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Afghanistan airstrike ECHR ECtHR NATO Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 16 February 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in the case Hanan v. Germany concerning a 2009 NATO-Kunduz airstrike resulting in deaths of civilians in Afghanistan in favor of Germany. The primary allegation before the Court was that Germany violated its procedural obligation under Article 2 by failing to conduct a prompt, effective and impartial investigation into a lethal use of force. Although the Court unconvincingly decided that there was no violation of the procedural duty to investigate, the majority opinion held that there was a clear jurisdictional link obliging Germany to conduct the investigation of airstrikes in Afghanistan.