OSCE Parliamentary Assembly endorses amendments to resolution on Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions
Two amendments were made to the Political Affairs and Security Committee's resolution on Botchorishvili’s initiative concerning the challenges related to the territorial integrity of Georgia. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Tuesday endorsed amendments to the resolution on the Russian-occupied territories of Georgia that had been initiated by Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament.
The meeting of the Assembly in Vancouver, Canada reviewed the “difficult” situation created in the OSCE area in terms of security and “current topical issues”, with the Georgian official emphasising the challenges and threats facing her country, the Georgian Parliament said.
Two amendments were made to the Political Affairs and Security Committee's resolution on Botchorishvili’s initiative concerning the challenges related to the territorial integrity of Georgia.
It specifically noted the “right of hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons to return to their homes [in the occupied regions] in a safe and dignified manner, and the issue of enforcement of the decision of the International Criminal Court regarding Georgia”, in reference to the ICC ruling that issued arrest warrants against three de facto officials of the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in a case of torture and ill-treatment of Georgian civilians during the 2008 war.
The resolution also stressed the necessity of “immediate and unconditional” withdrawal of Russian armed forces from the occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions of Georgia.
The document also emphasised the need to continue “active engagement” for a peaceful resolution of the Russia-Georgia conflict, under conditions of full protection of the principle of Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.
The “truth” about the 2008 Russia-Georgia war has been confirmed in international courts through Georgia winning legal battles against Russia, Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament Vice Speaker, said in reaction to the European Court of Human Rights decision on inadmissibility of complaints by residents living in the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) on Thursday.
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.
The International Criminal Court in Hague has issued arrest warrants against three de facto officials of Georgia's Russian-occupied breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in a case of torture and ill-treatment of Georgian civilians during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, the Georgian Justice Ministry announced earlier today.
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 Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Tuesday urged an “immediate and unconditional” withdrawal of Russian military forces from Georgia’s occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The Georgian foreign office on Monday highlighted a “serious threat to the security architecture” of the wider region and Europe posed by the 2008 intervention of Russia into Georgia, in comments over the 15th anniversary of the aggression that sparked that year’s war between the two countries.
Foreign government officials, dignitaries of international organisations and diplomats on Monday expressed their support for Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty and condemned Russia’s 2008 aggression against it in comments over the 15th anniversary of the conflict.
The Georgian State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civil Equality on Monday said Russia was proceeding with its illegal occupation of Georgia’s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions in “gross violation” of international law and the 2008 ceasefire agreement, in a message for the 15th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 conflict.