officers for the commission of such serious life‑endangering crimes than they
are with ordinary offenders, because what is at stake is not only the issue of the
individual criminal-law liability of the perpetrators but also the State’s duty to
combat the sense of impunity the offenders may consider they enjoy by virtue
of their very office and to maintain public confidence in and respect for the
law-enforcement system (see, mutatis mutandis, Nikolova and Velichkova, cited
above, § 63). In this regard, the Court considers that, as a matter of principle, it
would be wholly inappropriate and would send a wrong signal to the public if
the perpetrators of the very serious crime in question maintained eligibility for
holding public office in the future (see Türkmen v. Turkey, no. 43124/98, § 53,
19 December 2006, and Abdülsamet Yaman, cited above, § 55).”211
211. Enukidze and Girgvliani v. Georgia, Judgment of 26 April 2011, application no. 25091/07,
para. 274
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