Gogitidze and Others v. Georgia

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 185May 2015Gogitidze and Others v. Georgia - 36862/05Judgment 12.5.2015 [Section IV]Article 1 of Protocol No. 1Article 1 para. 2 of Protocol No. 1Control of the use of propertyForfeiture of a civil servant’s wrongfully acquired property as part of domestic anti-corruption measures: no violationFacts – In 2004 the first applicant, a former government minister, was charged with abuse of authority and extortion. The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic subsequently initiated proceedings for forfeiture of property against him and the remaining applicants, all close relatives of the first applicant, for having wrongfully and inexplicably acquired property. In September 2004 the Ajarian Supreme Court ordered the confiscation of six properties. In January 2005, following an appeal by all four applicants, the Supreme Court of Geor …