PETRIASHVILI v. GEORGIA and 1 other application

Published on 2 June 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplications nos. 20062/24 and 20065/24Luka PETRIASHVILI against Georgiaand George BULISKERIA against Georgialodged on 2 July 2024 communicated on 13 May 2025SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe applications concern the alleged ineffectiveness of a criminal investigation into the injuries suffered by the applicants during a dispersal of a demonstration on 20–21 June 2019.The applicants relied on Article 3 of the Convention.QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIESHave the authorities carried out an effective official investigation into the applicants’ allegations of ill-treatment during the dispersal of the demonstration of 20-21 June 2019, as required under the procedural aspect of Article 3 of the Convention (see Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, §§ 114-23, 28 September 2015; and Mocanu and Others v. Romania [GC], nos. 10865/09 and 2 others, §§ 316-26, ECHR 2014 (ext …