Published on 16 June 2025
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 31727/23
Irine NADASHVILI
against Georgia
lodged on 8 August 2023
communicated on 29 May 2025
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the alleged excessive length of civil proceedings which have been pending before a court of first instance since April 2021.
In particular, on 9 August 2020, upon her return from Turkey to Georgia, the applicant was placed in a designated hotel for quarantine – a measure imposed in the context of the COVID-19 health pandemic. On 10 August 2020, in view of her alleged refusal to undergo a nasal polymerase chain reaction test (PCR), she was transferred by the police to a psychiatric hospital. The applicant alleges that, while in hospital, she was confined to a room, deprived of her personal belongings, including her mobile phone, and prevented from communicating with the outside world. She further claims that she was forcibly subjected to a nasal PCR test and also compelled to take certain psychotropic medication.
After multiple complaints lodged with, among others, the police and the hospital, on 8 April 2021 the applicant filed a civil complaint against the regional Ministry of Health and Social Protection, requesting compensation for what she described as unlawful detention and inhuman and degrading treatment at the psychiatric facility. According to the case file, the case is still pending before the court of first instance.
Relying on Article 6 of the Convention, the applicant complains about the excessive length of the civil proceedings.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Does the length of the civil proceedings in the present case constitute a breach of the “reasonable time” requirement set forth in Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?