PATASHURI v. GEORGIA

Published on 6 April 2021 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 36126/19Medea PATASHURIagainst Georgialodged on 3 July 2019communicated on 18 March 2021SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns, under Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention taken alone and in conjunction with Article 14, the respondent State’s alleged failure to protect the applicant from domestic violence allegedly perpetrated by her ex-husband and to hold the latter sufficiently accountable for his violent acts.In particular, after their divorce in 2014 the applicant started being harassed by her ex-husband. The harassment consisted of regular insults, life threats and, occasionally, physical ill-treatment. Between 2014 and 2016, when the applicant eventually left Georgia to find shelter in the United State of America, she reported more than sixteen episodes of domestic violence to the local police. Those complaints were ei …