Strasbourg court to announce its decision on 2008 war case on January 21, 2021

The Strasbourg court will announce its decision on the case of the 2008 war on January 21, 2021, - the Ministry of Justice of Georgia reports.

According to the Ministry, large-scale, complex and a lot of documents/evidence have been studied from October 8, 2013 to date.

As a result of their quality assessment, up to 700 pieces of evidence were selected and submitted by the Georgian side to the Strasbourg court at various times.

“As it is known to the public, Georgia accuses Russia of violating 8 articles of the European Convention, in particular, Georgia considers that Russia violated the following articles of the European Convention during the war and subsequent occupation: Right to life (Article 2); Prohibition of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 3); Right to liberty and security (Article 5); Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8); Right to an effective remedy (Article 13); Protection of property (Article 1 of Protocol No. 1); Right to education (Article 2 of Protocol No. 1); Freedom of movement (Article 2 of Protocol No. 4)”, reads the Ministry’s statement.