CASE OF GEORGIAN MUSLIM RELATIONS AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF GEORGIAN MUSLIM RELATIONS AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA(Application no. 24225/19) JUDGMENT Art 14 (+ Art 8 and Art 9) • Discrimination on the basis of religion • Private life • Freedom of religion • Failure to comply with positive obligation to provide adequate protection to individual applicants from unlawful mob action, hate speech and other discriminatory actions by private parties in the context of their being prevented from opening a Muslim boarding school • Failure to balance competing interests at stake • Discriminatory behaviour coupled with police’s inactivity created feelings of fear and insecurity and prevented applicants from opening the school • Obvious grounds to believe applicants had been insulted and threatened because of their religious beliefs • Failure to effectively investigate and identify and sanction those responsible • Deficient and protracted crimin …