CASE OF RAMISHVILI v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONCASE OF RAMISHVILI v. GEORGIA(Application no. 4100/24) JUDGMENT Art 8 • Private life • Unsuccessful civil defamation claim in respect of statements made by a prominent clergyman, during a live televised interview, accusing a publicly known defence counsel in high-profile criminal cases of being an informer and provocateur who fed information to the State Security Services • Impugned statements capable of damaging the applicant’s professional reputation and fomenting prejudice against him in both his professional and social environments • Art 8 applicable • Domestic courts’ failure to establish a factual basis for the accusations • Unattainable burden of proof imposed on the applicant to rebut the accusations • Failure to strike fair balance between competing interests Prepared by the Registry. Does not bind the Court. STRASBOURG3 February 2026  FINAL 03/05/2026 This judgmen …