GACHECHILADZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 18 November 2019 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 2591/19Ani GACHECHILADZEagainst Georgialodged on 13 December 2018SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe applicant is an individual entrepreneur producing condoms under the brand name “Aiisa”. The application concerns the applicant’s complaint that there had been an interference with her right to freedom of expression, contrary to Article 10 of the Convention, on account of the fact that she was fined for advertising deemed to be contrary to public morals, and was ordered to make a product recall in respect of four designs.Noting that the applicant had used unethical advertising in respect of four of her products, and posted those on the brand’s Facebook profile, the Supervision Service of the Tbilisi City Hall made an administrative-offence report, and sent the case to a first-instance court for consideration. The first‑instance court …