THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 63856/10
by Vadim POKLONOV
against Georgia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 6 September 2011 as a Committee composed of:

Alvina Gyulumyan, President,
Luis López Guerra,
Nona Tsotsoria, judges,
and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 November 2010,

Having regard to the interim measure indicated to the respondent Government under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court,

Having regard to the applicant’s letter of 9 March 2011,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant, Mr Vadim Poklonov, is a Kazakhstani national who was born in 1972 and lives in Moscow, Russia. He was represented before the Court by Ms Lia Mukhashavria, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.

The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.

On 12 October 2010 the applicant, having arrived from Moscow for a business trip, was arrested in Tbilisi. The basis for his arrest was an alert issued by Interpol on account of the criminal proceedings initiated against him for various economic crimes in Kazakhstan. On 14 October 2010 the Tbilisi City Court ordered the applicant’s detention pending extradition.

By an order of 22 October 2010, the Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia authorised the applicant’s extradition to Kazakhstan. The applicant contested that order in court, but hi