Overview
- The court set just satisfaction at €253,018,000 in non‑pecuniary damages for more than 29,000 victims.
- Judges documented excessive force, ill‑treatment, unlawful detention, and restrictions on movement at the Abkhazia and South Ossetia boundary lines.
- Moscow must begin payment within three months after the judgment becomes final, with daily fines accruing for any delay.
- Georgia must establish an effective mechanism to distribute compensation to individual victims within 18 months after receipt of funds.
- The ruling also attributes responsibility to Russia for the deaths of 20 ethnic Georgians who attempted dangerous crossings to reach pensions or essential medication.