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Tkhelidze v Georgia

14.04
Tkhelidze v Georgia
   
Issue: Whether the police’s failure to take action in response to complaints of domestic violence was a breach of general and operational duties under Art 2 ECHR to protect life; whether the subsequent failure to investigate the police’s failure to take action that may have prevented the homicide was a breach of the procedural investigative duty under Art 2.
   
Court: European Court of Human Rights
   
Reference:   Appn 33056/17
   
Neutral Citation:  
   
Judge(s): S O’Leary (President), M Mits, L Hüseynov, L Chanturia, I Jelic, A Bårdsen, M Guyomar
   
Date: 8 July 2021