Tsaava and Others v. Georgia [GC]

Legal summaryDecember 2025Tsaava and Others v. Georgia [GC] - 13186/20, 16757/20, 20129/21 et al.Judgment 11.12.2025 [GC]Article 3Degrading treatmentInhuman treatmentDeficient legal framework and application regarding the use of kinetic impact projectiles by the police to disperse a demonstration before the Parliament building: violationArticle 10Article 10-1Freedom of expressionUnjustified and disproportionate use of force by the police against journalists during the dispersal of a demonstration before the Parliament building: violationArticle 11Article 11-1Freedom of peaceful assemblyUnjustified and disproportionate use of force by the police during the dispersal of a demonstration before the Parliament building: violationArticle 34Individual applications No valid basis for the Court to refrain from examining part of the applicants’ complaints under Art 3 (substantive), 10 and 11Facts …