Committee of Ministers Studies Fulfillment of Strasbourg Court Verdict by Russia

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe studies the issue of the fulfillment of the verdict made by Strasbourg Court into the case of mass deportation of Georgian citizens from the Russian Federation’s territory.

The webpage of Council of Europe reports that the case has to do with the decision made by Grand Chamber of Strasbourg Court on January 31 of 2019.

In its just satisfaction judgment, the Grand Chamber held that, within three months, the Russian Federation was to pay the Government of Georgia 10,000,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage suffered by the group of at least 1,500 Georgian nationals, who were the individual victims of the violations. The Court indicated that these amounts should be distributed by the Government of Georgia to the individual victims under the supervision of the Committee of Ministers within 18 months of the date of the payment or within any other period considered appropriate by the Committee of Ministers.

It is the first time the just satisfaction is examined by the Committee of Ministers.

The fulfillment of the verdict is discussed on September 23-25.

By Ana Dumbadze