New Country Report on the Implementation of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Georgia
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Georgia
Report
Key Figures
Summary
EIN has launched four country reports on the implementation of judgments by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) thus far, covering Russia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.
This fifth country report examines the implementation record of Georgia. We note that Georgia's implementation record is better than its neighboring countries. However, there is room for improvement.
Georgia has a total of 23 leading ECtHR judgments still pending implementation. Each case represents systemic and recurring human rights issues that have not yet been effectively addressed.
On average, 3 years and 6 months is the length of time each leading judgment has been pending. Notably, seven leading judgments have been pending implementation for over five years. These cases highlight serious issues such as hate crimes, police violence and the ill-treatment of prisoners.
From the last ten years, 61.1% of leading judgments are still pending implementation, meaning more than half of these leading judgments have not yet been dealt with by the authorities allowing for violations to recur.
Notably, 43.5% of cases do not have a government Action Plan/Report. These documents set out how the government has addressed or will address the judgment, which provides opportunities to bring domestic practices into line with European human rights standards. When governments fail to produce these documents, they lose opportunities to align with this standard.
We hope that this report will serve as an informative basis for future work by both government and civil society on Georgia's implementation record.