Georgia v. Russia (II)

Dzehtsiarou, Kanstantsin ORCID: 0000-0001-9253-6109 (2021) Georgia v. Russia (II). American Journal of International Law, 115 (2). pp. 288-294.

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Abstract

<jats:p>On January 21, 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or Court) issued its judgment in the interstate case of <jats:italic>Georgia v. Russia (II)</jats:italic>. Georgia complained that Russia committed systemic human rights violations in the course of the 2008 war in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Both of these regions are <jats:italic>de jure</jats:italic> parts of Georgia, but they have not been effectively governed by central Georgian authorities since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. During the night of August 7–8, 2008, Georgian artillery attacked Tskhinvali (the administrative capital of South Ossetia). Russian forces entered South Ossetia and Abkhazia the next day. Russian and Georgian troops engaged in hostilities for five days, before agreeing a ceasefire on August 12, 2008. Since then, a significant military contingent of Russian troops has remained in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Georgian authorities complained of systemic violations of European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Articles 2 (right to life), 3 (prohibition of torture), 5 (right to liberty), and 8 (right to privacy), ECHR Protocol 1 Articles 1 (right to private property) and 2 (right to education), and ECHR Protocol 4 Article 2 (Freedom of movement).</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2021 13:54
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 00:48
DOI:	10.1017/ajil.2021.7
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3120615