SAAKASHVILI v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplications nos. 6232/20 and 22394/20Mikheil SAAKASHVILIagainst Georgia The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 1 March 2022 as a Chamber composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Mārtiņš Mits, Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, Ivana Jelić, Arnfinn Bårdsen, Mattias Guyomar, Kateřina Šimáčková, judges,and Victor Soloveytchik, Section Registrar,Having regard to applications nos. 6232/20 and 22394/20 lodged on 27 January 2020 and 25 May 2020 respectively,Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,Having regard to the fact that the Government of Ukraine, who had been informed of their right to intervene in the light of the applicant’s nationality (Article 36 § 1 of the Convention and Rule 44 §§ 1 and 4 of the Rules of Court), did not avail themselves of that right,Having …