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European Court of Human Rights finds violation of presumption of innocence in the case of archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze

03.11.22 16:50


The European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 6 § 2 (presumption of innocence) in the case of archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze, Mamaladze v. Georgia.

 

According to the judgement, the Court held, unanimously, that there had been no violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights, but there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1 regarding the closing of his criminal trial to the public and a violation of Article 6 § 2 (presumption of innocence).

 

“The Court found that the trial court had not sufficiently addressed Mr Mamaladze’s argument regarding the possibility of only partly closing the trial to the public and that certain public statements following his arrest, the prosecuting authorities’ disclosing material from the criminal case file, and a non-disclosure obligation, considered cumulatively, had encouraged the public to believe he had been guilty before the actual verdict," reads the judgement.

 

 

 

source: IPN 

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