CHKHIKVISHVILI v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 47551/09by Andro CHKHIKVISHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 11 October 2011 as a Committee composed of: Alvina Gyulumyan, President, Luis López Guerra, Nona Tsotsoria, judges,and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 21 August 2009,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Andro Chkhikvishvili, is a Georgian national who was born in 1945 and is currently serving a prison sentence. He was represented before the Court by Mr Givi Papuashvili, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze of the Ministry of Justice.On 2 December 2010 the Court gave notice to the Government of the applicant’s complaints under Articles 2, 3 and 13 of the Convention co …