CASE OF GAIDUKEVICH v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF GAIDUKEVICH v. GEORGIA(Application no. 38650/18)  JUDGMENTArt 2 (substantive and procedural) (+ Art 14) • Discrimination • Positive obligations • Failure to take adequate preventive action to protect applicant’s daughter from domestic violence, culminating in her death, and to effectively investigate law-enforcement authorities’ response • Backdrop of systemic failure to address gender-based violence • Deficient implementation of criminal-law mechanisms in response to death • Failure to examine possibility of gender-motivated murder despite multiple previous incidents of domestic violence and pre-death injuries STRASBOURG15 June 2023 FINAL 15/09/2023 This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Gaidukevich v. Georgia,The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chambe …