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Beyond Formal Compliance: Ineffective Investigations, Procedural Exclusion and Secondary Victimisation in X v. Georgia

May 08, 2026

By Sotiris Paphitis In its recent judgment in X v. Georgia, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) was once again confronted with a question that has become increasingly prominent in its recent case-law on sexual violence: can a State be said to have complied with its positive obligations under Articles 3 and […]