MARAKVELIDZE v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 17295/09Irakli MARAKVELIDZEagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 8 April 2014 as a Committee composed of: Paul Mahoney, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 27 January 2009,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 PROCEDURE1.  The applicant, Mr Irakli Marakvelidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1980 and currently lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Ms T. Avaliani, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by th …