APRASIDZE AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 32220/07Gocha APRASIDZE and othersagainst Georgialodged on 23 July 2007  The facts and complaints in this case have been summarised in the Court’s decision, which is available in HUDOC.QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES 1.  Were the second applicant’s complaints under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention about the excessive use force during the police operation of 24 March 2004 in the village of Etseri lodged with the Court with the expedition required by the six-month rule laid down in Article 35 § 1 (see Bulut and Yavuz v. Turkey (dec.), no. 73065/01, 28 May 2002, and Aydin and Others v. Turkey (dec.), no. 46231/99, 26 May 2005)? In this respect, and having regard to the fact that the second applicant’s complaint of 15 March 2005 against the discontinuation of the investigation into the police operation of 24 March 2004 was incorporated into the case file concerning th …