PARGHALAVA v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 3980/06Dali PARGHALAVAagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 4 March 2014 as a Committee composed of: Päivi Hirvelä, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Faris Vehabović, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 January 2006,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Ms Dali Parghalava, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1956 and lives in Poti. She was represented before the Court by Ms T. Askurava, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze, of the Ministry of Justice.A.  The circumstances of the caseThe facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.On 15 February 1994 the applicant gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. …