SAMSIANI v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 2012/08Gotcha SAMSIANIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Forth 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 15 December 2007,Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE The applicant, Mr Gotcha Samsiani, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1969 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Mr Sh. Shavgulidze, succeeded by Ms E. Surguladze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr L. Meskhoradze of the Ministry of Justice.On 6 September 2011 the Court communicated to the Governmen …