Parliament official: Georgian authorities in “constant legal battle” for human rights protection in Russian-occupied territories
In his remarks over the matter, Kadagishvili noted the latest lawsuit filed in the ECHR was a part of the Government’s legal battle. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, on Thursday said the country’s authorities were in “constant legal battle” to ensure human rights protection in the Russian-occupied territories of the country.
Kadagishvili’s comment followed the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to accept Georgia’s application against Russia on alleged deterioration of the human rights situation along the administrative boundary line between the Government-controlled territory and its Russian-occupied territories as admissible on Thursday.
In his remarks over the matter, Kadagishvili noted the latest lawsuit filed in the ECHR was a part of the Government’s legal battle.
There are direct violations [in the Russian-occupied territories], such as bans on education in the mother tongue, imposition of restrictions on people being able to cross [the boundary] for treatment [in the Government-controlled territory], [and] illegal detentions of people [along the administrative line]”, the Parliament official said.
“This lawsuit is also a constituent part of the lawsuits and the legal battle that the Georgian authorities achieved through the ECHR for the interests of Georgia. We have objective evidence”, Kadagishvili concluded.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze last year said the country had won all 3,300 complaints filed with the ECHR against Georgia following the 2008 war with Russia over potential violations and crimes committed during the conflict.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday commemorated Archil Tatunashvili, a retired servicemember who was tortured and killed by Russian-controlled occupation forces in the country’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on this day in 2018.
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday deemed Georgia’s application against Russia on alleged deterioration of the human rights situation along the administrative boundary line between the Government-controlled territory and its Russian-occupied territories as admissible.
Georgia has won all 3,300 complaints filed against it following the 2008 war with Russia to the European Court of Human Rights over potential violations and crimes committed during the conflict, Justice Minister Rati Bregadze said on Friday.
The 84th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) has been held in Ergneti, in the village within Georgia’s eastern occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The Georgian Justice Ministry on Thursday said the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to admit Georgia’s application against Russia on the alleged deterioration of the human rights situation along the administrative boundary line “once again confirmed” that Russia was responsible for mass violations against Georgian citizens.
The Georgian Justice Ministry on Friday highlighted “another historic victory” of the country against Russia in a European Court of Human Rights case related to the 2008 war between the two states, after the ECHR ordered the Russian Government to pay up to €130 million for the benefit of 24,000 Georgian citizens affected during the war.
Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Committee on Procedural Issues and Rules of the Georgian Parliament, on Sunday attended the inauguration of Argentina's newly elected President Javier Milei.