Parliament EU Integration Committee Chair: International Criminal Court decision “great victory”, “great success” for Georgia
The Chairwoman said the result showed the work of the Georgian Government and the steps taken by it were “well-recognised in the decisions made and implemented at the international level." Photo: Maka Bochorishvili facebook page.
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The decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against de facto officials of Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on a 2008 Russia-Georgia war case is a “great victory” and “great success” for Georgia, Maka Botchorishvili, the Chairwoman of the Georgian Parliament’s European Union Integration Committee, said on Friday.
Botchorishvili was responding to the ICC’s issuing of arrest warrants against three de facto officials of the occupied breakaway region in a case of torture and ill-treatment of Georgian civilians during the 2008 conflict.
The Chairwoman said the result showed the work of the Georgian Government and the steps taken by it were “well-recognised in the decisions made and implemented at the international level.”
ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan announced on March 10 the arrest warrants were introduced against the following three officials:
Mikhail Mayramovich Mindzaev, Minister of Internal Affairs of the de facto Tskhinvali, on the position between 2005 and October 31, 2008
Gamlet Guchmazov, who held the position of the Head of the Preliminary Detention Facility of the de facto Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tskhinvali region during the war
David Georgiyevich Sanakoev, Presidential Representative for Human Rights of Tskhinvali region, also served as Ombudsman during the 2008 war.
The aforementioned individuals are accused of crimes including unlawful confinement, torture, inhumane treatment, violation of personal dignity, hostage-taking and unlawful transfer.