CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 1 avril 2025

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } Published on 22 April 2025   FOURTH SECTION Application no. 1337/25 Irina TVARADZE against Georgia lodged on 9 January 2025 communicated on 1 April 2025 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE This application, lodged under Articles 8, 9 and 14 of the Convention, concerns a dispute over a blood transfusion administered to the applicant, a Jehovah’s Witness, while unconscious in a life-threatening emergency. Despite her advance medical directive refusing such treatment, the transfusion was performed to allegedly preserve her life. On 16   November 2023, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued its final decision, dismissing the applicant’s civil suit against the private hospital responsible. A reasoned copy of the decision was served on 13 September 2024. QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES 1.     Has the applicant’s right to respect for her private life and freedom of conscience or religion, as protected under Articles 8 and 9 of the Convention, been violated (compare   Pindo Mulla v. Spain [GC], no. 15541/20, §§   125-182, 17 September 2024, and Lindholm and the Estate after Leif Lindholm v.   Denmark , no. 25636/22, §§ 71 and 72, 5 November 2024)?   2.     Has the applicant experienced discrimination in the exercise of her relevant rights under Articles 8 and 9, in violation of Article 14 of the Convention?