GLOVELI v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 20 September 2018 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 18952/18Marina GLOVELIagainst Georgialodged on 3 April 2018STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Ms Marina Gloveli, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1958 and lives in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.1.  Background3.  The applicant was a practicing lawyer in Georgia with twenty-two years of experience. Between 1999 and 2005 she in addition served as a judge in the Tbilisi Court of Appeal. Subsequently, she participated in a competition for vacant positions of judges three times, most recently in October 2017. All of her applications were rejected. The present case concerns the procedure related to her latest attempt to seek the appointment.2.  Proceedings before the Constitutional Court of Georgia4.  On 9 February 2016, follow …