SURMANIDZE v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 915/12Tamila SURMANIDZEagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 27 June 2017 as a Committee composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Lәtif Hüseynov, judges,and Anne-Marie Dougin, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 November 2011,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Ms Tamila Surmanidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1980 and lives in the village of Makhinjauri. She was represented before the Court by Mr G. Tsakadze, a lawyer practising in Batumi.The applicant’s complaint under Article 1 of Protocol no. 1 was communicated to the Georgian Government (“the Government”), who were represented by their Agent, Mr B. Dzamashvili, of the Ministry of Justice.The applicant failed to respond to the last Registry’s lette …