KIGHURADZE v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 9013/12Bakur KIGHURADZEagainst Georgia The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 12 November 2020 as a Committee composed of: Ganna Yudkivska, President, Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, Lado Chanturia, judges,and Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 1 February 2012,Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Bakur Kighuradze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1955 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Mr I. Baratashvili, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr B. Dzamashvili of the Ministry of Justice.The circumstances of the case …