Introductory Note: Georgia v. Russia (European Court of Human Rights)

Authors

Milena Sterio, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2020

Publication Title

International Legal Materials

Keywords

Russia, Georgia, European Court of Human Rights

Abstract

In a January 31, 2019 decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, or Court) held that Russia, the respondent state, should pay Georgia, the applicant state, 10 million euros as just satisfaction for violations committed by Russia against Georgian nationals; these violations had previously been established in the Court's main judgment in 2014 (Georgia v. Russia). The Court also held that Georgia should distribute this amount to approximately fifteen hundred Georgian victims, which had been identified in the Court's main judgment in 2014. In this important decision, the ECtHR continued to build on its recent case law, in holding that just satisfaction, in the form of monetary compensation, was appropriate and available in an interstate dispute.

Repository Citation

Sterio, Milena, "Introductory Note: Georgia v. Russia (European Court of Human Rights)" (2020). Law Faculty Articles and Essays. 1126.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/fac_articles/1126

Volume

59

Issue

2