10 Years after the August War: Victims of the Situation in Georgia
On 17 July 2019, member organisations of the Georgian National Coalition for the ICC (GCICC), Article 42 of the Constitution, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, Human Rights Center , Justice International ,The Georgian Center for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) launched a report entitled “10 Years after the August War: Victims of the Situation in Georgia” during an event dedicated to the victims of the 2008 August War, in Tbilisi.
The report aims at informing the public about the situation in Georgia vis-à-vis the ICC and shed light on the victims’ state of affairs a decade after the conflict. The organisations hope this will help to raise awareness amongst the international community and bring in the much-needed attention to the situation to make the ICC investigation more meaningful for those who are supposed to be in the centre of the process.
The report also aims at documenting the current socio-economic situation and identifying problems of persons forcibly displaced from Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia and its adjacent villages after the 2008 August war.
Public Defender, Nino Lomjaria, at the launch of the report expressed concern about the situation in Georgia, stating, "The war severely hit Georgia's political, economic and democratic development, as well as human relations. The border guards of the Russian Federation illegally detain and fine people in the regions with which we had intensive trade, close relations and friendly ties 10 years ago. The conflicts of the 90s and 2008 affected more than half a million of our citizens. As of today, more than 280,000 IDPs are registered in Georgia. This figure indicates the challenges faced by our country and the huge responsibility of the central government."
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#Georgian Coalition for the International Criminal Court has published the report – “10 Years after the August War: Victims of the Situation in Georgia"https://t.co/gxO3nLy51d@HRIDC @article42 @GYLA_CSO @Justice_Intl #gcrt pic.twitter.com/6zjYWamuH1
— Ucha NANUASHVILI (@UNanuashvili) 17 July 2019
Members of the Georgian National Coalition for the #ICC @article42 @GYLA_CSO @HRIDC @Justice_Intl & #GCRT make recs to Georgian authorities, @IntlCrimCourt & @TFV_FPV in “10 years after the war–victims of the situation in #Georgia” https://t.co/wWdTDmMjCU https://t.co/iGysi2UCkS
— Virginie Amato (@VirginieAmato) July 23, 2019
"We aim at informing the public about the situation in Georgia vis-à-vis the #ICC and shed light on the victims’ state of affairs a decade after the conflict. We hope this will help to raise awareness amongst the international community and bring in the much-needed attention" https://t.co/wyuPcYUhXq
— JusticeInternational (@Justice_Intl) 17 July 2019
Article 42 of the Constitution, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, Human Rights Center , Justice International ,The Georgian Center for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) also make a number of recommendations to the Georgian Government, Local self-government bodies and States institutions, and General Prosecutor’s office, as well as to the International Criminal Court, and it’s Trust Fund for Victims.
On the occasion of #IJD2019, Chair of the Georgian Coalition for the ICC and Co-director of the Human Rights Center, Nino Tsagareishvili, focused on the victims of international crimes that have to wait for too long until they receive justice. #RomeStatute21 #globaljustice pic.twitter.com/Lvl5vUglux
— coalitionfortheicc (@ngos4justice) July 16, 2019
Read the Report “10 Years after the August War: Victims of the Situation in Georgia”
