Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Diğer, ss.1, 2025
In Bakradze v. Georgia, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Georgia had violated Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights in conjunction with Articles 10 and 11 in relation to the applicant, a former judge. The applicant alleged that she was discriminated against in two judicial competitions due to her role in The Unity of Judges of Georgia and her critical stance toward the Georgian judicial system.
This judgment is particularly significant because it requires state authorities to bear the burden of proof when an applicant presents a prima facie case of differential treatment in judicial competitions. In this post, I briefly examine the judgment, its relationship to previous case law, and its potential effects on judicial (re)appointments in Council of Europe member states.