부산대학교 도서관

Lastly, the Court cannot but express concern about the overtones of the domestic authorities' conclusion, which implied that women should not work or seek employment during pregnancy or mere possibility thereof. The absence of a criminal investigation or of other remedies capable to comprehensibly establish the circumstances of the applicants' son's death leads the Court to the conclusion that the authorities failed to comply with their obligation to carry out an effective investigation thereof. In such circumstances the Court considers that by delaying the applicants' son's access to medical care and then by delaying his proper examinations, testing and treatment, the authorities put his life in danger and failed to take necessary steps to safeguard his life. The Court notes the authorities' conclusion that the applicant had been unfit to work on the date of concluding her employment contract because her doctor had recommended her rest following her I in vitro i fertilisation ten days before. [Extracted from the article]