ALANAKIAN v. GEORGIA

Published on 31 March 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 2987/24Marina ALANAKIANagainst Georgialodged on 17 January 2024communicated on 13 March 2025SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the alleged failure of the Georgian authorities to provide an adequate legal response to the alleged antisemitic motive underlying the murder of the applicant’s son. In particular, two men, who were tried and convicted for the applicant’s son’s murder, were sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. The domestic courts rejected the allegation that the murder had antisemitic overtones as unsubstantiated.The applicant complains under Article 14 of the Convention read in conjunction with Article 2 that the Georgian courts refused to recognise the hate motive as a statutory aggravating factor in relation to her son’s murder.QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES1.  Having regard to the procedural protection of …