European Court completes final hearing on Russia-Georgia war
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The final hearing in the case of Georgia v. Russia has come to the end at the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.
Georgia’s British lawyer Ben Emerson, a representative of Russian Justice Ministry and the lawyer of the state of Russia, addressed a panel of 17 judges.
Video of the hearing in the inter-State case Georgia v. Russia (II)https://t.co/oqNCErXi09#ECHR#CEDHpic.twitter.com/Jax6yB2yDX
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Russia, a member of the Council of Europe, committed a shameful act” said Emerson after the hearing. "The fragments of missiles were found on the site, which had serial numbers confirming their Russian origin. The Russian side insisted that it was fake information and part of anti-Russian propaganda” he added.
Georgia’s Deputy Minister of Justice Gocha Lortkipanidze said after the hearing that it was an uncompromising, struggle for fairness and justice.
This case will be important not only for Georgia but for other conflicts within Europe – in Ukraine and Moldova. Instead of arguments from the Russian side, we have heard a fake narrative about history and the only answer is as if Georgia has presented false evidence, which is a conspiracy against the Russian Federation. All this indicates that the Russian Federation had no argument at all today”, Lortkipanidze said.
Georgia’s British lawyer Ben Emerson, a representative of Russian Justice Ministry and the lawyer of the state of Russia, addressed a panel of 17 judges. Photo: Georgia's Ministry of Justice.
The State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, Ketevan Tsikhelashvili said Georgia submitted a strong testimony to the Strasbourg Court that many articles of the European Convention had been violated by Russia. In her words, all efforts have been taken for the European Court to be maximally informed about the case.
Tsikhelashvili said the final decision after today’s last hearing will be announced "in a few months”.
Striking the town of Gori’s center by the Iskander – a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian Federation – is one of the central episodes that will be discussed by the court which will start its deliberations after the hearing in private.
The Georgian Justice Ministry is drafting a lawsuit for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Russia over the high-profile Archil Tatunashvili’s case.35-year-old Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili died in Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on February 23 and was returned to his family for burial only about a month later.
The government of Georgia has enforced a record number of 3,691 verdicts in 2017 issued by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Georgia’s Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and partner organization European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) have filed a lawsuit against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), over a high profile murder case committed by a Russian-controlled border guard in 2016.
The Georgian government has hosted a round table named "Cooperation for welfare – strategy for the next century" which was attended by the presidents of six countries and the President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
Georgia expects the European Parliament to once again condemn Russian aggression in a resolution following discussions on the results of Russian occupation of Georgian territories planned for today, according to the website of the European Parliament.
The European Parliament today adopted a resolution supporting Georgia’s territorial integrity and condemning Russia’s occupation of historic territories of Georgia. The resolution text, approved 10 years after the Russian invasion, reads that the EU strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.
Beginning from August 1st, the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court of Georgia can request the European Court to give advisory opinions on questions of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the rights and freedoms defined in the European Convention of Human Rights.
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected the complaints of several Russian citizens living in the Georgian occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, who filed against Georgia and claimed that the Georgian Army violated their rights during the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has released its statistics for 2018, which reads that there were 99 new applications allocated from Georgia.
Information about opening customs check points on the territories of two occupied regions of Georgia Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) is false, states Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) stated today that Russia must pay from €2,000 to €15,000 to Georgian nationals who were mistreated by the Russian government in the autumn of 2006, when hundreds of Georgian citizens were illegally detained and then deported from Russia.