CHAKVETADZE v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONFINAL DECISIONApplication no. 29869/07by Shota CHAKVETADZEagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 21 October 2008 as a Chamber composed of: Françoise Tulkens, President, Ireneu Cabral Barreto, Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, Danutė Jočienė, Dragoljub Popović, András Sajó, Nona Tsotsoria, judgesand Sally Dollé, Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 25 April 2007,Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Shota Chakvetadze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1966. He was represented before the Court by Mr Tengiz Aslanikashvili, a lawyer practising in Kutaisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr …