CASE OF ASSANIDZE v. GEORGIA

CASE OF ASSANIDZE v. GEORGIA (Application no. 71503/01)          JUDGMENT   STRASBOURG 8 April 2004   In the case of Assanidze v. Georgia,The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber composed of: Mr L. Wildhaber, President, Mr C.L. Rozakis, Mr J.-P. Costa, Mr G. Ress, Sir Nicolas Bratza, Mr L. Caflisch, Mr L. Loucaides, Mr I. Cabral Barreto, Mrs V. Strážnická, Mr K. Jungwiert, Mr J. Casadevall, Mr B. Zupančič, Mrs W. Thomassen, Mrs S. Botoucharova, Mr M. Ugrekhelidze, Mr V. Zagrebelsky, Mrs A. Mularoni, judges,and Mr P.J. Mahoney, Registrar,Having deliberated in private on 19 November 2003 and 10 and 24 March 2004,Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the last-mentioned date:PROCEDURE1.  The case originated in an application (no. 71503/01) against Georgia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fund …