MESKHIDZE v. GEORGIA

Published on 22 September 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 16777/23Ekaterina MESKHIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 13 April 2023communicated on 3 September 2025STATEMENT OF FACTSThe application concerns defamation proceedings brought against the applicant following her allegations of sexual harassment against her hierarchical superior.In particular, on 25 January 2016, after having worked for more than eleven years at the National Agency of Public Registry of Georgia under the Ministry of Justice (“the Agency”), the applicant resigned, alleging that the head of the Agency and her immediate hierarchical superior, had been sexually harassing her for years. On 3 May 2017, the Public Defender’s Office, acting on the applicant’s complaint, issued a recommendation concluding that the applicant had been subjected to harassment, including sexual harassment, by the head of the Agency, which constit …