European Court of Human Rights Annual Report:
Record low for cases lodged against Georgia in 2016
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Georgia is among the top ten countries with the highest number of applications currently pending at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
However, the number of cases annually presented to the ECHR is decreasing, shows data from the European Court of Human Rights 2016 Annual Report.
President of the ECHR Guido Raimondi revealed the report yesterday at a press conference in Strasbourg, France where the court is headquartered.
Currently, 79,750 are pending in the ECHR. Of those, only 2,077 – a little more than 2.5 percent –pertain to Georgia.
In 2015, the number of cases awaiting judgment on Georgia-related cases was 2,154.
Only 74 cases were lodged against Georgia in 2016. In comparison, in 2015, 80 cases; in 2014, 102 cases; in 2013, 157 were brought to the attention of the ECHR.
Four judgments were delivered on cases brought against Georgia in 2016, which concerned violations of the right to liberty and security, a fair trial and respect for private and family life.
Russia, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Greece and Hungary had the highest number of judgments handed down against them for violations of the European Convention on Human Rights in 2016, during which 993 decisions were made on ECHR cases.
Since joining the Council of Europe in 1999, a total of 68 judgments have been delivered on cases brought against Georgia in the European Court of Human Rights, 52 of which identified human rights violations.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has discussed and accepted a complaint by the Georgian Government to review an earlier decision made by the Court about Georgia's former Prime Minister Ivane (Vano) Merabishvili.
One of Georgia’s most vocal non-governmental organisations, Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia), is suing Russia for allegedly violating the human rights of Georgian citizens in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia war in 2008.
A Governmental commission has selected five candidates, one of whom will represent Georgia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to monitor breaches of human rights of 800 million Europeans in the 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states.
The number of complaints against Georgia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has dropped by 70 percent.
Georgian condom brand AIISA, which was fined 500 GEL for unethical packaging designs in 2018, has won a case against Georgia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).