Overview

• The court set total compensation at €253 million in a judgment published October 14, following an April 2024 ruling in Georgia v. Russia (IV).
• Georgia’s 2018 interstate case alleged a systemic practice of repression in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and adjacent areas, including the erection of fences and other barriers along administrative boundary lines.
• The judges cited patterns of unlawful detentions for boundary crossings, excessive force and ill‑treatment, restrictions on movement and access to homes and land, and limits on Georgian‑language schooling, affecting roughly 29,000 people.
• Moscow has said it does not recognize the Strasbourg court’s jurisdiction and announced in 2022 that it would implement ECHR decisions only if they conform with the Russian Constitution.
• Earlier ECHR findings tied to the 2008 war concluded Russia was not responsible for incidents during August 8–12 hostilities and rejected separate claims by South Ossetian residents against Georgia in 2021.