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European Rights Court Orders Russia to Pay Georgia Nearly $300M Over Violations After 2008 War
The European Court of Human Rights awarded over €253 million to more than 29,000 victims for violations including unlawful detention and movement restrictions after the 2008 war.
- On October 14, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to pay more than 253 million euros to Georgia, awarding damages to over 29,000 victims.
- The case stems from postwar `borderization`, which restricted movement between Tbilisi-controlled territory and Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali, while an April 9, 2024 ruling found multiple human rights violations.
- Georgian authorities say people were killed trying to enter or leave Abkhazia or South Ossetia and others were arrested and ill-treated for `illegally crossing` boundaries; children faced harsh school choices.
- Georgia must set up an `effective mechanism` to distribute compensation within 18 months, while the Committee of Ministers will continue monitoring enforcement against Russia’s compliance before September 16, 2022.
- Despite quitting the Council of Europe shortly after its full-scale invasion, Moscow faces cases as only a handful of nations recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia while the wider international community and Georgia regard them as Georgian territory.
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Russia Found Responsible by ECHR for Systematic Rights Violations in Occupied Georgian Regions
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia must pay Georgia $278 million in compensation for human rights violations linked to “borderization” following the 2008 war, according to the Moscow Times on October 14. The funds are intended for around 29,000 people affected by barriers built between Georgia and its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian military personnel were involved in constructing metal fence…
Russia is supposed to pay more than 253 million euros to Georgia - as compensation for actions in the Caucasus war. Whether Moscow follows the judgment of the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights, however, is questionable: it does not recognise it.[more]]>
European Rights Court Orders Russia to Pay Georgia Nearly $300M Over Violations After 2008 War
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Russia to pay Georgia more than 250 million euros ($289,000) for violations committed after the brief war between the two countries in August 2008. ECHR accused Russia of preventing people from freely entering Abkhazia and South Ossetia, breakaway Georgian territories that Moscow recognized as independent following the Russo-Georgian War.
The Court found that the establishment of demarcation lines from 2009 in two separatist regions supported by Moscow violated the rights of 29,000 inhabitants, and awarded them damages.
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ORF.at NewsThe European Court of Human Rights has imposed a severe penalty, but it is unlikely that Russia will pay.
European court orders Russia to pay Georgia €250 million over 2008 war
Moscow must compensate thousands of victims for violations committed after the 2008 conflict in Georgia, including unlawful detentions and restrictions in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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