CEDH · PRESS;HEARINGS;ENG — 27 avril 2010

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GEORGIA   The European Court of Human Rights is holding a Chamber hearing this Tuesday 27   April   2010 at 2.30 p.m. , on the admissibility and merits in the case of Enukidze and Girgvliani v. Georgia (application no.   25091/07).   The hearing will be broadcast at the end of the day on the Court’s Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).     The applicants are two Georgian nationals: Ms Enukidzé was born in 1950 and died in 2007; Mr Girgvliani was born in 1956 and lives in Tbilissi. The case concerns the death of the applicants’ 28-year old son, Sandro Girgvliani, following ill-treatment by officials from the Ministry of the Interior, and the alleged failure to conduct an effective and impartial investigation into the matter.   On 28 January 2006 the body of Sandro Girgvliani was found in the woods with 12 wounds. The previous day he had gone with a friend, L.B., to the “Chardin” café in Tbilissi, where a group of senior civil servants from the Ministry of the Interior were gathered. On leaving the café Sandro Girgvliani and L.B. were abducted by other officials from the Ministry of the Interior.   The investigation concluded that on the evening of 27 January 2006, G.A., the first deputy director of Constitutional Security, passed Sandro Girgvliani as he was leaving the café. In retaliation for Sandro Girgvliani’s insults against his colleagues inside the café, he had abducted Sandro and L.B. and beaten them, assisted by three other Ministry officials. The four officials were charged with causing death by intentional wounding and premeditated unlawful confinement by a group using life-threatening violence. A list of “fourteen items of evidence” gathered by the investigating authorities was appended to the bill of indictment. Sandro’s mother applied on a number of occasions, including to the Georgian Supreme Court, for access to that evidence, but it was never granted. She also alleged that amendments to the Criminal Code on 28 April 2006 were related to her son’s case. G.A. was sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment and the other three defendants to six years and six months each. Following a presidential pardon on 24 November 2008, their remaining sentences were reduced by one half. On 5 September 2009 they were released on parole.   The application was lodged by Ms Enukidzé on 11 June 2007. The Court decided to give notice to the Georgian Government of the complaints under Article 2 (right to life), taken separately and in conjunction with Article 13 (right to an effective remedy), and Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. On 17 March 2008 Guram Girgvliani informed the European Court of Human Rights that he wished to pursue the application following the death of his wife from an illness in August 2007.   The case will be heard by a Chamber composed as follows:   Françoise Tulkens (Belgium), President , Ireneu Cabral Barreto (Portugal), Vladimiro Zagrebelsky (Italy), Danutė Jočienė (Lithuania), Dragoljub Popović (Serbia), András Sajó (Hungary), judges , Irakli Adeishvili (Georgia) , ad hoc judge , Işıl Karakaş (Turkey), Kristina Pardalos (San Marino), substitute judges , and also Sally Dollé , Section Registrar .   Representatives of the parties   Government:   Lévane Meskhoradzé , Agent , Tina Bourdjaliani , Adviser   ;   Applicants:   Gouram Guirgvliani , Applicant , David Djandieri and Chalva Chavgoulidzé , Counsels and Kétévane Kvantaliani , Adviser .   ***   After the hearing the Court will begin its deliberations, which will be held in private. Its ruling in the case will, however, be made at a later stage.   The press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions, judgments and further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ). To subscribe to the Court’s press releases: http://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/RSS.aspx .   Press contacts [email protected] Stefano Piedimonte (telephone: + 33 (0)3 90 21 42 04) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone : + 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Kristina Pencheva-Malinowski (telephone : + 33 (0)3 88 41 35 70) Céline Menu-Lange (telephone : + 33 (0)3 90 21 58 77) Frédéric Dolt (telephone : + 33 (0)3 90 21 53 39) Nina Salomon (telephone: + 33 (0)3 90 21 49 79)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.