GOGITIDZE AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA JUDGMENT 31 reasonable opportunity of putting forward their case or that the domestic courts’ findings were tainted with manifest arbitrariness (contrast, mutatis mutandis, Denisova and Moiseyeva v. Russia, no. 16903/03, §§ 59-64, 1 April 2010). (d) Conclusion 114. In the light of the foregoing, having regard to the Georgian authorities’ wide margin of appreciation in their pursuit of the policy designed to combat corruption in the public service and to the fact that the domestic courts afforded the applicants a reasonable opportunity of putting their case through the adversarial proceedings, the Court concludes that the civil proceedings in rem for the forfeiture of the applicants’ property, based on a procedure which was moreover in line with the relevant international standards, did not upset the requisite fair balance. 115. Accordingly, there has been no violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1. III. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF ARTICLE 6 §§ 1 and 2 OF THE CONVENTION 116. All three applicants complained that the confiscation proceedings had been conducted in breach of the principle of equality of arms contained in Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. The first applicant complained that the confiscation of his property in the absence of a final conviction establishing his guilt amounted to an encroachment upon the principle of presumption of innocence. 117. The relevant provisions read as follows: Article 6 “1. In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law. ... 2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.” A. Admissibility 1. The parties’ submissions 118. The Government contested the applicants’ arguments. They first submitted that the administrative confiscation proceedings represented a “civil” dispute within the meaning of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. During the examination of that dispute, the domestic courts had given ample opportunity to the first, second and fourth applicants to submit their written