GEORGIAN YOUNG LAWYERS' ASSOCIATION v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 2703/12 GEORGIAN YOUNG LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATIONagainst Georgia The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 January 2021 as a Chamber composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Mārtiņš Mits, Ganna Yudkivska, Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, Jovan Ilievski, Lado Chanturia, Ivana Jelić, judges, and Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 January 2012,Having regard to the observations submitted by the Government of Georgia (“the Government”) and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTS1.  The applicant, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), is a non-governmental organisation registered under Georgian law in 1994. It was represented before the Court by Ms N. Katsitadze and Ms N. Jomarjidze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.2.  The Ge …