VASHAKIDZE v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 41359/08Givi VASHAKIDZEagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 28 January 2014 as a Committee composed of: Ján Šikuta, President, Luis López Guerra, Nona Tsotsoria, judges,and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 August 2008,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 25 October 2013 requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases and the applicant’s reply to that declaration,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE1.   The applicant, Mr Givi Vashakidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1990 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Mr D. Modebadze and Mr Z. Khatiashvili, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.2.  The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represen …