KOMAROV v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONFINAL DECISIONApplication no. 18619/06by Oleg KOMAROVagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 July 2009 as a Chamber composed of: Françoise Tulkens, President, Ireneu Cabral Barreto, Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, Danutė Jočienė, Dragoljub Popović, András Sajó, Nona Tsotsoria, judges,and Françoise Elens-Passos, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 May 2006,Having regard to the Government’s observations and their letter of 19 January 2009,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Oleg Komarov, is a Georgian national who was born in 1977 and lives in Zugdidi. He was represented before the Court by Mr Irakli Chikvaidze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were successively represented by their Agents, Mr David Tomadze and Mr Levan Meskhoradze of …