MERABISHVILI v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 26315/10Davit MERABISHVILIagainst 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 7 May 2010,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Davit Merabishvili, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1956 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Ms Ts. Javakhishvili, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze, of the Ministry of Justice.The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.The case mainly concerned under Article 3 of the Convention the alleged lack of adequa …