PURTSKHVANIDZE v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 26056/11Giga PURTSKHVANIDZEagainst 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 21 April 2011,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Giga Purtskhvanidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1983 and lives in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze, of the Ministry of Justice.On 1 July 2011 the Court gave notice to the respondent Government of the applicant’s complaints under Articles 3, 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention concerning the lack of treatment for his viral hepatitis C (HCV) in prison and the inability to have access to …