ELIZBARASHVILI v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 28263/07by Guram ELIZBARASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 9 November 2010 as a Chamber composed of: Françoise Tulkens, President, Ireneu Cabral Barreto, Danutė Jočienė, András Sajó, Nona Tsotsoria, Işıl Karakaş, Kristina Pardalos, judges,and Françoise Elens-Passos, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 July 2007,Having regard to the interim measure indicated to the respondent Government under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe application was lodged by Mr Guram Elizbarashvili, a Georgian national who was born in 1983. He was represented before the Court by Ms Manana Kobakhidze and Ms Vanda Jijelava, lawyers practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Me …