JISHKARIANI v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 17 January 2017 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 18925/09Mariam JISHKARIANIagainst Georgialodged on 9 January 2009STATEMENT OF FACTSThe applicant, Ms Mariam Jishkariani, is a Georgian national who was born in 1965 and lives in Tbilisi. She is represented before the Court by Mr B. Botchorishvili, Mr Z. Khatiashvili and Mr I. Khatiashvili, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the caseThe facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.The applicant is a psychiatrist and a founder and director of the Empatia non-governmental organisation (NGO), which works on medical and psychosocial diagnostics, and the rehabilitation and treatment of victims of torture and violence.On 4 October 2003 the applicant’s NGO concluded an agreement with the Ministry of Justice of Georgia and undertook, among others tasks, to create a psychosocial reha …