GEORGIA RED CROSS SOCIETY v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 30 May 2017 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no 56006/11GEORGIA RED CROSS SOCIETYagainst Georgialodged on 31 August 2011STATEMENT OF FACTSThe applicant organisation, the Georgia Red Cross Society, is a legal entity registered in Georgia.The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant organisation, may be summarised as follows.From 1932 the applicant organisation owned a house located at 4 M. Abashidze Street, Batumi (hereinafter “the real estate”).On 19 May 2006 the applicant organisation asked for the real estate to be registered as its property in the Land Register.On 29 June 2006 the Land Registry refused the applicant organisation’s request on the grounds that the real estate had already been registered as State property under Decree no. 137 of the Batumi City Hall in September 2004 (hereafter “the Decree”) and a certificate issued by the Ministry of Finance and Economic …