Kukhalashvili and Others v. Georgia

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 239April 2020Kukhalashvili and Others v. Georgia - 8938/07 and 41891/07Judgment 2.4.2020 [Section V]Article 2Article 2-1Effective investigationArticle 2-2Use of forceIndiscriminate and excessive use of lethal force during anti-riot operation in prison conducted in uncontrolled and unsystematic manner without clear chain of command: violationFacts – In 2006, an anti-riot operation was conducted in a Tbilisi prison in which at least seven inmates, including members of the applicants' families, were killed by the anti-riot forces. Dozens of other inmates were seriously injured.LawArticle 2 (procedural aspect): The investigation into the law‑enforcement agents' use of force had been launched after a three-month delay by the same unit from the Ministry of Justice which had given the order to storm the prison and had been in direct command of the anti-r …