Tkhelidze v. Georgia

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 253July 2021Tkhelidze v. Georgia - 33056/17Judgment 8.7.2021 [Section V]Article 2Positive obligationsArticle 2-1Effective investigationFailure to take preventive action to protect domestic violence victim and to investigate police inaction, against backdrop of systemic failures and gender-based discrimination: violationArticle 14DiscriminationFailure to take preventive action to protect domestic violence victim and to investigate police inaction, against backdrop of systemic failures and gender-based discrimination: violationFacts – The applicant’s daughter (M.T.) was domestically abused by her partner (L.M.) and eventually killed by his hand in a murder-suicide. Afterwards, the applicant filed several unsuccessful and/or unanswered criminal complaints with the district public prosecutor’s office and the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, requestin …