BAGHASHVILI v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 5168/06Vazha BAGHASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 18 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 1 February 2006,Having regard to the formal declaration accepting a friendly settlement of the case,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE1.  The applicant, Mr Vazha Baghashvili, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1949 and lives in the village of Bodbe, Georgia. He was represented before the Court by Mr L. Tchintcharauli and Ms T. Gabisonia, lawyers practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr L. Meskhoradze, of the Ministry of Justice.2.  The facts of the case, as submitte …