A and B v. Georgia

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 259February 2022A and B v. Georgia - 73975/16Judgment 10.2.2022 [Section V]Article 2Positive obligationsArticle 2-1Effective investigationFailure to prevent gender-based violence by a police officer and to investigate the law-enforcement authorities’ passive response: violationsArticle 14DiscriminationFailure to prevent gender-based violence by a police officer and to investigate the law-enforcement authorities’ passive response: violationsFacts – The applicants are the mother and son of C, who was murdered by her partner (D), a police officer at the relevant time. Over the course of several years, C and her family reported numerous incidents of domestic abuse carried out by D. D was convicted of the murder. The first applicant, acting on behalf of herself and the second applicant, complained to relevant law-enforcement authorities of the failures …