Identoba and Others v. Georgia kararı, Uluslararası Homofobiye Karşıtı Gün için düzenlenen barışçıl gösteri ile ilgilidir. AİHM’ye göre, ulusal otoriteler, bu gösteriyi çevreleyen riskleri biliyordu veya bilmeliydi. Bu nedenle de, otoriteler, “yeterli koruma” sağlama yükümlülüğü altındaydı. Bununla birlikte, otoriteler, bu yükümlülüğü yerine getirmeyince, işkence yasağı ve toplantı ve dernek kurma özgürlüğü, ayrımcılık yasağı ile birlikte, ihlal edilmiştir.
Identoba and Others v. Georgia kararı, “http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/” adresinden erişilebilirdir.
Identoba and Others v. Georgia kararının basın duyurusu, “http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/webservices/content/pdf/003-5079814-6255003” adresinden erişilebilirdir.
Bu basın duyurusunun özeti, İngilizce haliyle, aşağıdaki gibidir:
Police failed to protect participants in march against homophobia from violent attacks of counter-demonstrators
In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Identoba and Others v. Georgia (application no. 73235/12) the European Court of Human Rights held:
by a majority, that there had been a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) taken in conjunction with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights, and
unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) in conjunction with Article 14.
The case concerned a peaceful demonstration in Tbilisi in May 2012 to mark the International Day against Homophobia, which was violently disrupted by counter-demonstrators outnumbering the marchers.
The Court considered in particular that the authorities knew or ought to have known of the risks surrounding the demonstration. They had therefore been under an obligation – but had failed – to provide adequate protection so that it could be held peacefully.