The European Court of Human Rights on Friday issued a ruling ordering Russia to pay more than 129 million euros in compensation to Georgian citizens for violation of their rights during the 2008 war. This was reported on the website of the court.
As Current Time notes, we are talking about a decision on the second part of the lawsuit filed by the Georgian authorities against Russia in connection with the events of 2008. It relates to just satisfaction under Article 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights and was not covered by the 2021 main judgment in Georgia v. Russia.
The decision was made despite the fact that Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe last year and does not participate in the work of the ECHR. The Russian authorities have previously ordered not to enforce ECHR judgments issued after March 15, 2022.
Compensation in the amount of 3.2 million euros is provided in connection with the killing of at least 50 civilians (there were 116 applications in total), 2.7 million euros – the amount of compensation for at least 116 victims of arbitrary detention and inhuman and degrading treatment, 640 thousand euros – 16 Georgian prisoners of war who suffered from torture.
The largest amount – a total of 115 million euros – was awarded in connection with the obstruction of the return of Georgian citizens to their homes in the territories of self-proclaimed Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which Georgia considers occupied by Russia. At least 23 thousand people suffered from the actions of the Russian authorities in this case. Another 8.2 million was awarded to at least 142 individuals affected by the lack of an adequate investigation by the Russian side of civilian deaths during the active phase of hostilities.
