CASE OF KOBELYAN v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTION   CASE OF KOBELYAN v. GEORGIA (Application no. 40022/05)      JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 16 July 2009 FINAL 06/11/2009 This judgment may be subject to editorial revision. In the case of Kobelyan v. Georgia,The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting 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 deliberated in private on 23 June 2009,Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:PROCEDURE1.  The case originated in an application (no. 40022/05) against Georgia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Georgian national, Mr Leva Kobelyan (“the applicant”), on 29 September 2005.2.  The …