ABULADZE v. GEORGIA

Published on 7 April 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 25787/24Shalva ABULADZEagainst Georgialodged on 6 September 2024communicated on 19 March 2025SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the applicant’s placement in a solitary confinement cell from 15 to 21 July 2021, during which he was allegedly kept under permanent video surveillance, including in the open toilet area.On 5 October 2021 the applicant instituted administrative proceedings against the prison authorities seeking compensation for non-pecuniary loss. The applicant argued that the open toilet area inside the cell was monitored by prison guards, including women, depriving him of any privacy and violating his dignity. On 16 November 2022 the Rustavi City Court dismissed the applicant’s claim and concluded, with reference to the relevant domestic law, that permanent video surveillance in solitary confinement cells …