Z v. BULGARIA - 39257/17 (Judgment : Article 3+8 - Prohibition of torture : Fifth Section)

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� S�ofra O�Leary, President, ��������� Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, ��������� Andr� Potocki, ��������� Yonko Grozev, ��������� Mārtiņ� Mits, ��������� Lәtif H�seynov, ��������� Lado Chanturia, judges, and Victor Soloveytchik, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application against the Republic of Bulgaria lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a British national, Ms Z (�the applicant�), on 20 May 2017;

the decision to give notice to the Bulgarian Government (�the Government�) of the complaint concerning lack of effective investigation into the applicant�s complaint that she had been raped and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the application;