MTCHEDLIDZE v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 4276/06Boris MTCHEDLIDZEagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 24 January 2012 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 11 January 2006,Having regard to the applicant’s letter of 28 November 2011,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Boris Mtchedlidze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1966 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Mr Koba Kobakhidze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze of the Ministry of Justice.The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.On 11 December 2007 the …