Communicated on 20 May 2019

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 24736/19 Irakli KHOPERIA against Georgia lodged on 17 April 2019

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the alleged ill-treatment of the applicant by police officers and the lack of an effective investigation into the incident. The applicant relies on Article 3 of the Convention.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Has the applicant been subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?

2. Having regard to the procedural protection from inhuman or degrading treatment (see Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, §§ 114 ‑ 23, ECHR 2015), was the investigation in the present case by the domestic authorities in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?