ABAYEVA v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONCASE OF ABAYEVA AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA (Applications nos. 52196/08, 52200/08, 49671/08, 46657/08 and 53894/08)The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 23 March 2010 as a Chamber composed of: Peer Lorenzen, President, Renate Jaeger, Rait Maruste, Mark Villiger, Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, Nona Tsotsoria, Zdravka Kalaydjieva, judges,and Claudia Westerdiek, Section Registrar,Having regard to the above applications lodged on 6 September, 9 September, 5 September, 1 September 2008 and on 27 August 2008, respectively,Having regard to the decision to grant priority to the above applications under Rule 41 of the Rules of Court,Having deliberated, decides as follows:PROCEDURE1. The applicationsThe present applications concern hostilities in South Ossetia[1] which took place in August 2008 and by which the applicants claimed to have been affected.The appl …