Justice minister nominee: ECHR to announce judgement on Russia-Georgia war in January 2021
Georgia urges to hold Russia responsible for violating a number of articles of the European Convention of Human Rights. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will announce its judgement on the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008 on January 21, 2020.
Justice Minister nominee Gocha Lortkipanidze stated earlier today that the ‘truth of Georgia’ at the court ‘is supported by evidence’.
Georgia demands that the European Court of Human Rights find Russia responsible for violating several articles of the European Convention of Human Rights, including:
- the right to life
- the prohibition of torture
- the right to liberty and security
- the right to respect private and family life
- the right to an effective legal remedy
- the right to property
- the right to education
- the right to free movement
Lortkipanidze, who was recently elected the first Georgian judge at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) meanwhile noted that the ICC Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) has approved a three-year €600,000 programme to assist the victims of the 2008 war.
The Board of Directors of the TFV approved an assistance programme for Georgia on November 10, 2020. This includes medical treatment, psychological rehabilitation such as trauma counselling, as well as material support including livelihood assistance.
Gocha Lordkipanidze speaks of importance of the support to Georgia:
Justice Minister nominee Gocha Lortkipanidze has made history by becoming the first Georgian judge at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2018 Lortkipanidze became the first Georgian who was unanimously elected to represent Eastern Europe in the Trust Fund for Victims of the ICC.
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.
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has announced its judgment today in the case of Georgia v. Russia, regarding the arrest, detention and collective expulsion of Georgian nationals from Russia in the autumn of 2006.
The Georgian Justice Ministry has submitted a suit against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. The suit accuses Russia of being responsible for several murders and multiple human rights violations in the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).