PIRTSKHALAVA v. GEORGIA

Published on 14 October 2024 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 11025/22Irakli PIRTSKHALAVAagainst Georgialodged on 4 February 2022communicated on 25 September 2024 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the lawfulness and impartiality of the composition of the Supreme Court of Georgia which dealt with the applicant’s case, and the procedural fairness of the proceedings against him.In particular, the applicant claimed that one of the judges – Sh.T., the former Prosecutor General of Georgia – had not been impartial on account of his prior role in the prosecution service. In this respect, the applicant stated that his case had attracted heightened public interest and had been commented on by the former Prosecutor General (Sh.T.’s predecessor). Accordingly, Sh.T. must have been privy, at the time when he served as the Prosecutor General, to internal information about the prosecution s …