KHOPERIA v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 20 May 2019 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 24736/19Irakli KHOPERIAagainst Georgialodged on 17 April 2019SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the alleged ill-treatment of the applicant by police officers and the lack of an effective investigation into the incident. The applicant relies on Article 3 of the Convention.QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES1.  Has the applicant been subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention? 2.  Having regard to the procedural protection from inhuman or degrading treatment (see Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, §§ 114‑23, ECHR 2015), was the investigation in the present case by the domestic authorities in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?