BAKRADZE v. GEORGIA

Published on 25 October 2021 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 20592/21Maia BAKRADZEagainst Georgialodged on 24 January 2020communicated on 6 October 2021 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the alleged discrimination of the applicant, a former judge, in the course of a judicial competition on account of her criticism and publicly expressed views on the state of the judiciary in Georgia. In particular, having served her ten-year tenure at the Tbilisi Court of Appeal, in May 2016 the applicant submitted her application for a judicial position at the same appellate court, but unsuccessfully. She initiated administrative proceedings against the High Council of Justice, the authority responsible for the recruitment, promotion and dismissal of judges, challenging the results of the competition and alleging that she had been discriminated against on account of her being a founding me …