CASE OF SHAMAYEV AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA AND RUSSIA

FORMER SECTION II      CASE OF SHAMAYEV AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA AND RUSSIA (Application no. 36378/02)          JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 12 April 2005   FINAL 12/10/2005  In the case of Shamayev and Others v. Georgia and Russia,The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:Mr J.-P. Costa, President,Mr A.B. Baka,Mr L. Loucaides,Mr K. Jungwiert,Mr V. Butkevych,Mr M. Ugrekhelidze,Mr A. Kovler, judges,and Mrs S. Dollé, Section Registrar,Having deliberated in private on 15 March 2005,Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:PROCEDURE1.  The case originated in an application (no. 36378/02) against Georgia and the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by thirteen nationals of those States, Mr Abdul-Vakhab Shamayev, Mr Rizvan …