KHOPERIA v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 24736/19Irakli KHOPERIAagainst Georgia The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 22 April 2021 as a Committee composed of: Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President, Jovan Ilievski, Mattias Guyomar, judges,and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 April 2019,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Irakli Khoperia, was born in 1997.The applicant was represented by Ms T. Oniani, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.The applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning his alleged ill-treatment by police officers and the lack of an effective investigation into the incident were communicated to the Georgian Government.On 19 February 2021 the applicant informed the Registry that he wanted to withdraw the application to the Cou …