SARTANIA v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 2177/08David SARTANIAagainst 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 13 November 2007,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 PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr David Sartania, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1958 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Ms N. Katsitadze and Mr A. Shoshikelashvili, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by the …