In the case of Fraisse and Others v. France the Court held that there had been a violation of the right to life in its substantive aspect, and no violation of the same right in its procedural aspect.

The case concerned Rémi Fraisse, a twenty-one-year-old student, who died as a result of the explosion of a blast-effect dispersal weapon, namely an OF-F1 concussion grenade launched by Staff Sergeant J. in the context of a law-enforcement operation at the Sivens construction site (in the municipality of Lisle-sur-Tarn), during violent clashes between protesters opposed to the construction of a dam and mobile gendarmes forces.

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