Case: case_540

Atomic Facts:
[{"fact_id": "F001", "text": "The case concerns the respondent State's alleged failure to protect the applicants, all of whom are members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, from homophobic acts of violence by private individuals.", "source_paragraph": 1, "section_path": ["THE FACTS"]}, {"fact_id": "F002", "text": "The case concerns the respondent State's alleged failure to conduct an effective investigation into incidents of homophobic acts of violence against the applicants.", "source_paragraph": 1, "section_path": ["THE FACTS"]}, {"fact_id": "F003", "text": "Some applicants complained that they had been apprehended and detained unlawfully during peaceful demonstrations in support of LGBTI people.", "source_paragraph": 1, "section_path": ["THE FACTS"]}, {"fact_id": "F004", "text": "The names of the applicants' representatives are listed in the appendix to the judgment.", "source_paragraph": 2, "section_path": ["THE FACTS"]}, {"fact_id": "F005", "text": "The Government were initially represented by Mr M. Galperin, Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights.", "source_paragraph": 3, "section_path": ["THE FACTS"]}, {"fact_id": "F006", "text": "The Government were later represented by Mr M. Vinogradov, successor to Mr M. Galperin as Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights.", "source_paragraph": 3, "section_path": ["THE FACTS"]}, {"fact_id": "F007", "text": "The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.", "source_paragraph": 4, "section_path": ["THE FACTS"]}, {"fact_id": "F008", "text": "On 17 May 2012 Mr Romanov took part in the 'Rainbow flash mob' event in St Petersburg.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F009", "text": "The 'Rainbow flash mob' event in St Petersburg on 17 May 2012 had been authorised by the local authorities.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F010", "text": "The 'Rainbow flash mob' event in St Petersburg on 17 May 2012 marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F011", "text": "A group of people protesting against the 'Rainbow flash mob' event gathered nearby during the event on 17 May 2012.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F012", "text": "The police were deployed to maintain public order during the 'Rainbow flash mob' event on 17 May 2012.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F013", "text": "The police did not intervene when counter-demonstrators started insulting the participants in the 'Rainbow flash mob' event on 17 May 2012.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F014", "text": "The parties submitted no further information about any preliminary measures which had been put in place to protect the demonstrators at the 'Rainbow flash mob' event on 17 May 2012.", "source_paragraph": 5, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F015", "text": "During the 'Rainbow flash mob' event on 17 May 2012, Mr Romanov was holding a balloon with the inscription 'Jesus Christ loves men and women equally'.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F016", "text": "During the 'Rainbow flash mob' event on 17 May 2012, one of the counter-demonstrators, Mr L., fired five times towards Mr Romanov with a spray gun.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F017", "text": "While firing at Mr Romanov, Mr L. shouted 'sodomy is a mortal sin'.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F018", "text": "As a result of Mr L.'s attack, Mr Romanov suffered chemical burns to the conjunctivae and cornea.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F019", "text": "As a result of Mr L.'s attack, Mr Romanov suffered a contusion in the area of the right cheekbone.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F020", "text": "The police apprehended Mr L. after the attack on Mr Romanov on 17 May 2012.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F021", "text": "Mr L. was charged with hooliganism under Article 213 § 1 (a) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F022", "text": "In his statement of 17 May 2012, Mr L. explained that he had come to the 'Rainbow flash mob' event to 'fight sexual minorities'.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F023", "text": "On 17 February 2013 an investigator questioned Mr L.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F024", "text": "According to the record of the interview of 17 February 2013, Mr L. was the founder of the 'Sin-free City' movement.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F025", "text": "One of the aims of the 'Sin-free City' movement was to fight the 'propaganda of perversion', including homosexuality.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F026", "text": "On 17 July 2013 Mr Romanov requested the investigator to explore alleged motives of hate against LGBTI people in the case concerning the attack on him on 17 May 2012.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F027", "text": "By a decision of 18 July 2012, the investigator dismissed Mr Romanov's request to explore hate motives against LGBTI people for 'lack of any evidence of hate motives'.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F028", "text": "In the decision of 18 July 2012, the investigator indicated that Mr L. had not insulted anyone, had come to the event by accident, and that his actions had been motivated by the blasphemous words on the balloon.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F029", "text": "On 11 November 2013 the Petrogradskiy District Court of St Petersburg convicted Mr L. of hooliganism under Article 213 § 1 (a) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation as charged.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE", "A. Mr Romanov (application no. 58358/14)"]}, {"fact_id": "F030", "text": "The Petrogradskiy District Court of St Petersburg sentenced Mr L. to one year's imprisonment, conditional on one year's probation.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACT

Fact Mapping:
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Conclusion:
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