ECHR punishes Russia for deportation of Georgian illegal immigrants
The Grand Chamber of the ECHR has announced a verdict on compensation payments to Georgian citizens of 10 million euros for moral damage. It was published on January 31.
The decision received 16 votes in favor and one against. Russia is accused of causing moral damage to Georgian citizens caused by expulsion from the country. The verdict says that the damage was done according to the most conservative estimates of one and a half thousand citizens of this Transcaucasian country.
The ECtHR has awarded two thousand euros to citizens for whom there has been a violation of Art. 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which refers to the prohibition of mass expulsions from the country. In addition, Georgian citizens must receive 4-10 thousand compensation for which there has been a violation of Articles 15 and 3 of the Convention. These articles speak of the rights to liberty and integrity of the person, as well as the prohibition of torture, humiliation and inhuman treatment.
Georgia filed an interstate complaint with the ECHR in 2014 regarding the mass expulsion of its citizens from Russian territory from September 2006 to January 2007 inclusive. Then illegal migrants and Georgian citizens were expelled, grossly violating the norms of the migration legislation of the Russian Federation.
The decision received 16 votes in favor and one against. Russia is accused of causing moral damage to Georgian citizens caused by expulsion from the country. The verdict says that the damage was done according to the most conservative estimates of one and a half thousand citizens of this Transcaucasian country.
The ECtHR has awarded two thousand euros to citizens for whom there has been a violation of Art. 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which refers to the prohibition of mass expulsions from the country. In addition, Georgian citizens must receive 4-10 thousand compensation for which there has been a violation of Articles 15 and 3 of the Convention. These articles speak of the rights to liberty and integrity of the person, as well as the prohibition of torture, humiliation and inhuman treatment.
Georgia filed an interstate complaint with the ECHR in 2014 regarding the mass expulsion of its citizens from Russian territory from September 2006 to January 2007 inclusive. Then illegal migrants and Georgian citizens were expelled, grossly violating the norms of the migration legislation of the Russian Federation.
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