OBOLADZE AND LOBZHANIDZE v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 31197/06 Zviad OBOLADZE and Nino LOBZHANIDZE against GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 24 March 2015 as a Committee composed of: Ledi Bianku, President, Paul Mahoney, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 7 July 2006,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 29 August 2014 requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases and the applicants’ reply to that declaration,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE1.  The applicants, Mr Zviad Oboladze (“the first applicant”) and Ms Nino Lobzhanidze (“the second applicant”), are Georgian nationals, who were born in 1977 and 1958 respectively. They were represented before the Court by Mr W.P. Schulz and Mr K. Neumann, Germ …