GAKHARIA v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 4 March 2014 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 30459/13Revaz GAKHARIAagainst Georgialodged on 17 April 2013STATEMENT OF FACTS 1.  The applicant, Mr Revazi Gakharia, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1966 and lives in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.3.  From 1999 the applicant lived with K.G.. On 9 January 2000 their daughter, L.G., was born. The girl was mainly raised by the applicant’s mother in Georgia, while both parents, whose relationship soon ended, left to work overseas.4.  On 24 June 2008 the Tbilisi City Court, acting upon K.G.’s request, ruled that the daughter’s permanent place of residence should be that of the mother. The decision was taken in the absence of the applicant, whose whereabouts – according to the case file – could not be established. At the same time …