Published on 11 October 2021

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 27178/21 Aza KADZANAIA against Georgia lodged on 19 May 2021 communicated on 22 September 2021

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the length of the criminal proceedings which the applicant joined as a civil party based on the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1998 (no longer in force) to claim damages in relation to a robbery. The proceedings were initiated on 19 November 1998 and ended with the acquittal of the individual charged with the applicant’s robbery on 21 January 2021.

Relying on Article 6 of the Convention, taken separately and in conjunction with Article 13, the applicant complains about the length of the relevant proceedings and the absence of an effective domestic remedy in that respect.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Is Article 6 § 1 of the Convention applicable under its civil head (see Nicolae Virgiliu Tănase v. Romania [GC], no. 41720/13 , § 194, 25 June 2019, and Codarcea v. Romania , no. 31675/04, § 78, 2 June 2009)?

2. Was the length of the relevant proceedings in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?

3. Did the applicant have at her disposal an effective domestic remedy for her complaint under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about the length of proceedings, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?