The Court has accepted the referral to the Grand Chamber of the case Tsaava and Others v. Georgia.

The case concerns the dispersal of a protest in 2019 from the front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi. The applicants were either participants in the demonstration, or journalists reporting on the protests. They allege, in particular, excessive use of force by the authorities resulting in their injury.

The Court has also decided to reject a request to refer twelve other cases. 

• Press release
• Factsheet: Use of force in the policing of demonstrations
• Cases pending before the Grand Chamber