Y v. GEORGIA

Published on 14 October 2024  FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 11032/22Yagainst Georgialodged on 16 February 2022communicated on 25 September 2024 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the applicant’s complaint that the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court which examined his case in domestic proceedings was not an “independent and impartial tribunal established by law”. In particular, he claimed that one of the judges – a former Prosecutor General of Georgia – had been appointed to the Supreme Court in violation of a statutory eligibility criterion. Additionally, the applicant complained that the judge in question and another judge (former Deputy Prosecutor General) had not been impartial on account of their prior roles in the prosecution service.The criminal proceedings against the applicant ended with the Supreme Court’s inadmissibility decision dated 9 November 2021 (served …