MIRTSKHULAVA v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 18372/04Davit MIRTSKHULAVAagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 2 July 2015 as a Committee composed of: Päivi Hirvelä, President, Faris Vehabović, Yonko Grozev, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 April 2004,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 3 April 2015 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 Davit Mirtskhulava, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1955 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Ms T. Abazadze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr L. Mesk …