UGULAVA v. GEORGIA

Published on 17 May 2021 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 22431/20Giorgi UGULAVAagainst Georgialodged on 29 May 2020communicated on 28 April 2021SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the conviction of the applicant, a former Mayor of Tbilisi, of embezzlement. The applicant complains under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that his case was examined by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, which did not constitute an “independent and impartial tribunal established by law” as it had in its composition the former Chief Prosecutor of Georgia. He alleges, among other things, that the appointment of the former Chief Prosecutor to the Supreme Court was unlawful as he did not fulfil the qualifications for the judicial post; and that in view of the internal organisation of the prosecutor’s office, and given the political importance and sensitivity of his case, the criminal investigati …