Georgia “has won all 3,300 cases” on Russia’s 2008 aggression at ECHR - Justice Minister
On April 28, the ECHR ordered the Russian government to pay up to €130 million for the benefit of 24,000 Georgian citizens affected during the 2008 war between the two states, he noted. Photo via Justice Ministry
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Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Friday told the Parliament that Georgia had won all 3,300 cases filed at the European Court of Human Rights related to the 2008 war and Russia’s intervention into the country.
Bregadze said all these victories were achieved by the ruling Georgian Dream party and stressed the protection of the country’s interests in international courts was one of the “most important” duties of his office.
On April 28, the ECHR ordered the Russian government to pay up to €130 million for the benefit of 24,000 Georgian citizens affected during the 2008 war between the two states, he noted.
The Minister also pointed out that the ECHR on April 20 had declared Georgia’s inter-state application on the ongoing occupation of the country’s territory by Russia, including the cases of the unlawful arrests and deaths of three Georgian citizens in the occupied territories - Archil Tatunashvili, Giga Otkhozoria and David Basharuli, as “fully admissible”.
He added his office would “struggle to the end” to legally protect the rights of every individual violated during Russia's 2008 aggression.
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday deemed Georgia’s application against Russia on alleged deterioration of the human rights situation along the administrative boundary line between the Government-controlled territory and its Russian-occupied territories as admissible.
The Georgian Justice Ministry on Thursday said the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to admit Georgia’s application against Russia on the alleged deterioration of the human rights situation along the administrative boundary line “once again confirmed” that Russia was responsible for mass violations against Georgian citizens.
The Georgian Justice Ministry on Friday highlighted “another historic victory” of the country against Russia in a European Court of Human Rights case related to the 2008 war between the two states, after the ECHR ordered the Russian Government to pay up to €130 million for the benefit of 24,000 Georgian citizens affected during the war.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Friday hailed the victory of the country over Russia in a European Court of Human Rights case related to the 2008 war between the two states and stressed “historical justice always wins over historical injustice, no matter how much time passes”.
The Georgian Government’s “fruitful” cooperation with the United Nations was discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze and Miguel de Serpa Soares, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel.
Matters related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze and Li Junhua, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.
The Georgian Ministry of Justice will host the United Nations Public Service Forum in 2026, the body said on Monday.