CASE OF BOKHONKO v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF BOKHONKO v. GEORGIA(Application no. 6739/11) JUDGMENT Art 3 (procedural) • Effective investigation • Allegations of ill-treatment during police strip search • Applicant’s criminal complaint rejected on basis of succinct reasoning, with no investigative steps undertaken • No judicial appeal • Second investigation delayed and not yielding concrete results • Insufficient assessment of allegations during applicant’s criminal trialArt 3 (substantive) • Degrading treatment • Insufficient evidence, in light of no effective investigationArt 6 § 1 (criminal) • Admission and use of evidence obtained as result of alleged ill-treatment • Evidence central to the procedural fairness of the trial • Failure of national courts to properly address ill-treatment allegations also a failure to adequately examine unlawfulness of use of evidence obtained and thus its quality, reliability o …