ARESHIDZE v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 34585/23Irakli ARESHIDZEagainst Georgia The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 24 March 2026 as a Committee composed of: Lorraine Schembri Orland, President, Anja Seibert-Fohr, András Jakab, judges,and Simeon Petrovski, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to:the application (no. 34585/23) against Georgia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 8 September 2023 by a Georgian national, Mr Irakli Areshidze (“the applicant”), who was born in 1985, lives in Tbilisi and was represented by Ms T. Avaliani and Ms T. Zarkua, lawyers practising in Tbilisi;the decision to give notice of the application to the Georgian Government (“the Government”), represented by their Agent, Mr B. Dzamashvili, of the Ministry of Justice;the observations …