CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 26 mars 2024

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s54AB6003 { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } Published on 15 April 2024   FIFTH SECTION Application no. 33066/22 M.D. against Georgia lodged on 24 June 2022 communicated on 26 March 2024 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The application concerns allegations of insufficient and ineffective criminal investigation into the applicant’s claims of sexual assault. It further concerns the applicant’s alleged re-victimisation during the investigation. The applicant complains under Article 3 of the Convention in conjunction with Article 14. QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES 1.     Having regard to the positive obligations of States inherent in Article 3 of the Convention to carry out a thorough and effective investigation and prosecution of acts of sexual abuse and rape, has the investigation in the present case by the domestic authorities been in breach of the above ‑ mentioned Article (see, for example, M.C. v. Bulgaria , no. 39272/98, ECHR 2003-XII, and E.B. v. Romania, no. 49089/10, 19 March 2019)?   2.     Has the applicant suffered gender-based discrimination contrary to Article 14 of the Convention, read in conjunction with Article 3 (see, for example , Opuz v. Turkey , no. 33401/02, ECHR 2009, and Volodina v. Russia , no. 41261/17, 9 July 2019)? In this connection, did the applicant exhaust the remedies available in domestic law in relation to her complaint under Article   14 of the Convention?