THE MREVLI FOUNDATION v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONFINAL DECISIONApplication no. 25491/04 by THE MREVLI FOUNDATION against GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 5 May 2009 as a Chamber composed of: Françoise Tulkens, President, Ireneu Cabral Barreto, Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, Danutė Jočienė, Dragoljub Popović, András Sajó, Nona Tsotsoria, judges,and Sally Dollé , Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 May 2004,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, a legal entity, was registered as a private foundation by the Georgian Ministry of Justice on 29 August 1997 (“the applicant foundation”). It was represented before the Court by Meri Japaridze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government were represented by their Agent, Mr David Tomadze of the Ministry of Justice.A.  The circumstances of the caseThe facts of the case, as submitted by …