FC Mretebi against Georgia - 38736/04

(Application No. 38736/04 , judgment of 31/07/2007 , final on 31/01/2008, rectified on 24/01/2008 )

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provides that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” and “the Court”);

Having regard to the judgment transmitted by the Court to the Committee once it had become final;

Recalling that the violation of the Convention found by the Court in this case concern an infringement of the right of access to a court, and thus to a fair hearing, in that the applicant, the Football Club Mretebi, could not continue proceedings for damages following the refusal by the Supreme Court to grant its request for exemption from court fees (violation of Article 6§1) (see details in Appendix);

Having invited the government of the respondent state to inform the Committee of the measures taken to comply with its obligation under Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention to abide by the judgment;