JINTCHARADZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 24 February 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 19372/12Nukri JINTCHARADZEagainst Georgialodged on 13 March 2012STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Nukri Jintcharadze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1981 and lives in the Village of Mtsvane Kontskhi (Khelvachauri district). He is represented before the Court by Mr Sh. Ochkhikidze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.1.  Background information3.  In 2007 a major reform began concerning land privatisation in Georgia. On 11 July 2007 the Parliament of Georgia adopted a Law on Recognition of Property Rights to Plots of Land Possessed (Used) by Physical and Legal Persons (“the Recognition Act of 2007”). The purpose of the Recognition Act was to establish a procedure for formal recognition of ownership r …