KHACHAPURIDZE AND KHACHIDZE v. GEORGIA and 1 other application

Published on 19 December 2022 FIFTH SECTIONApplications nos. 59464/21 and 13079/22Tamar KHACHAPURIDZE and Kakhaber KHACHIDZE against Georgiaand Davit KHACHIDZE against Georgialodged on 4 December 2021 and 10 March 2022 respectivelycommunicated on 30 November 2022SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe cases relate to the conviction of the applicants in application no. 59464/21 for disrupting public order on 26 August 2016 by assaulting a judge, and the ongoing criminal investigation into the injury allegedly inflicted by the judge on their son (a minor at the time) – applicant in application no. 13079/22 – as a result of the same incident.Relying on Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 of the Convention, applicants in application no. 59464/21 complain that: (i) the domestic authorities did not make a genuine effort to ensure the attendance of all the relevant witnesses in the applicants’ case, including of the ap …