issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 043 (2022)
10.02.2022
Judgments and decisions of 10 February 2022
The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of 21 judgments1 and 59
decisions2:
two Chamber judgments are summarised below;
a separate press release has been issued for one other Chamber judgment in the case of Al Alo
v. Slovakia (application no. 32084/19);
18 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and
The judgment in French below is indicated with an asterisk (*).
A and B v. Georgia (application no. 73975/16)
The applicants, A and B, are Georgian nationals who were born in 1972 and 2013 respectively and
live in Georgia.
The case concerns the murder of C, A’s daughter and B’s mother, by B’s father, a police officer,
following a troubled relationship. It also concerns the ensuing investigation.
Relying on Article 2 (right to life) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European
Convention on Human Rights, the applicants complain, in particular, of a failure on the part of the
authorities to protect C from domestic violence and to conduct an effective investigation.
Violation of Article 2 taken in conjunction with Article 14 (right to life and investigation)
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 35,000 euros (EUR)
The Court rejected the applicants’ claim for costs and expenses
Tousios v. Greece (no. 36296/19)*
The applicant, Konstantinos Tousios, is a Greek national who was born in 1960.
The case concerns Mr Tousios’s conditions of detention on the premises of the Thessaloniki Security
Department and the lack of an effective remedy in that connection.
Mr Tousios was arrested on 23 January 2019 on charges of membership of and participation in a
criminal organisation and migrant smuggling, and placed in a cell on the premises of the said
department at about 0.20 a.m. on 24 January 2019. He submits that he shared a three-bed cell with
between 10 and 15 detainees, and did not even have room to sit down. He complains of the
conditions of hygiene, the lack of daylight and ventilation and the very poor quality of the meals
1
Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a judgment’s
delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a panel of five
judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and deliver a final
judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the Convention,
judgments delivered by a Committee are final.
Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.
Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution.
2
Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.
