Georgia enforces record number of European Court verdicts in 2017

The government of Georgia has enforced a record number of 3,691 verdicts in 2017 issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). 

This information was published in the annual report by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, responsible for monitoring the execution of judgement.

The committee says that all the cases are considered "closed”, meaning that the country "has taken all measures to execute judgments.”

The cases which were considered closed in 2016 amounted to 2,066, while the figure was 240 in 2009 under the United National Movement government.

The report reads that the total number of new cases submitted to the ECHR from Georgia  in 2017 was 1,333, out of which 179 (13%) were leading cases, those revealing new structural and or systemic problems and 1,154 (87%) were repetitive cases, which have already been raised before the committee.

The total number of new cases has been relatively stable since 2013, whereas the number of new leading cases in 2017 (179) was the lowest recorded since 2005,” the report reads.

The government of Georgia says it is taking all measures to reduce the number of Georgian cases in the ECtHR.