MTCHEDLISHVILI v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 43174/08Nikoloz MTCHEDLISHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 23 September 2014 as a Committee composed of: George Nicolaou, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Paul Mahoney, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 August 2008,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 21 May 2014 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 Nikoloz Mtchedlishvili, was a Georgian national, who was born in 1974 and died in 2011 (see paragraph 5 below). He was successively represented before the Court by Mr M. Nozadze and Ms S. Abuladze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.2.  The Georgian Govern …