NAPISHVILI v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 44303/05by Geronti NAPISHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 13 March 2012 as a Committee composed of: Ján Šikuta, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Mihai Poalelungi, judges,and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 November 2005,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Geronti Napishvili, is a Georgian national who was born in 1955 and lives in Mtskheta. He was represented before the Court by Mr M. Labadze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.3.  In 1987 the applicant was sent by the Soviet Ministry of Defence to take part in the “liquidation” (clean-up) work after the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plan …