Content tagged with Russia-Georgia conflict
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Manipulated phone recording causes Georgian politician’s unfair trial
On 10 October 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that a Georgian politician was denied a fair trial when in 2006 the Government leaked an allegedly manipulated version of an intercepted telephone conversation between him and a leader of an armed group to the Rustavi 2 TV station.
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Family of Georgian man murdered by Abkhazia border guard reiterate Russia’s responsibility for his death
The family of a Georgian man who was murdered at a checkpoint by an Abkhaz ‘border guard’ have maintained Russia’s responsibility for his killing in their reply to observations made by the Russian Government submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 30 July 2019.
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Resource | Case Summary | 2 Oct 2019 | By Başak Küçük
Georgia v. Russia (I) [GC]
Court awards Georgia €10,000,000 in non-pecuniary damages (for trauma, distress, anxiety and humiliation) related to Russia’s collective expulsion of Georgian nationals from its territory in autumn 2006.
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Resource | Case Summary | 29 Jan 2019 | By Emily Campbell & Roman Kiselyov
Dzhioyeva & others; Kudukhova & Kudukhova; and Naniyeva & Bagayev v Georgia
The Court issued an admissibility decision in three cases against Georgia from Tskhinvali region concerning the Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008.
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Victim participation at the ICC: the Georgian and Ukrainian contexts
The last ten years have seen Russian military incursions into Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia, and Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine. In January 2018 we invited 12 participants to a webinar with Fiona McKay, the former Head of the Victim Participation and Reparations Section of the ICC.
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Resource | Article | 14 Jul 2016 | By Monica Ellena
The frozen conflict in slow-motion
Monica Ellena (a journalist in Tbilisi) tells the story of those living in the breakaway region of South Ossetia now, in light of the International Criminal Court’s decision to launch an investigation into crimes allegedly committed during the 2008 armed conflict.
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GYLA Conference: Russia’s responsibility during August War and at present
Conference about the cases taken by GYLA and EHRAC to the European Court of Human Rights regarding Russia's responsibility in the August 2008 War.
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Resource | Article | 1 Dec 2009 | By Furkat Tishaev
The Georgia-Russia conflict: testing the International Court of Justice
Furkat Tishaev looks at the merits of Georgian application to the ICJ under the CERD
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Resource | Article | 1 Jun 2009
CoE Commissioner Special Mission to Georgia including South Ossetia: Summary of Findings
An outline of the progress in South Ossetia on humanitarian issues and human rights following the conflict
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Resource | Article | 1 Jun 2009 | By Cornelius Wiesener
The recent war in the South Caucasus and extra-territorial jurisdiction under the ECHR
Cornelius Wiesener explores the complex legal issue of jurisdiction in light of the conflict in the South Caucasus