THIRD SECTION

Application no. 52316/09 Alik MATEVOSYAN against Armenia lodged on 24 September 2009

The facts and complaints in th is case have been summarised in the Court ’ s partial decision on admissibility, which is available in HUDOC.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Did the applicant exhaust the domestic remedies in respect of his complaint concerning the ineffectiveness of the investigation into his allegations of ill-treatment, as required by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention, by raising this issue before the domestic courts examining his criminal case? In the affirmative, did the Armenian authorities conduct an effective investigation into the applicant ’ s allegation of ill-treatment set out in his complaint of 21 June 2006 , as required by the procedural obligation under Article 3 of the Convention?