Shavlokhova and Others v. Georgia (dec.)

Information Note on the Court’s case-law 255October 2021Shavlokhova and Others v. Georgia (dec.) - 45431/08, 50669/08, 55291/08 et al.Decision 5.10.2021 [Section II]Article 1Jurisdiction of StatesJurisdiction of Georgia in South Ossetia during active phase of hostilities: inadmissibleFacts – The applicants are Russian nationals. They complained of violations under various Convention articles in relation to the military actions undertaken by the Georgian armed forces, during the active phase of international armed conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation in August 2008.Law – Article 1: The acts allegedly constitutive of violations of the applicants’ various Convention rights had taken place in and around Tskhinvali, the administrative capital of South Ossetia, on 8 and 9 August 2008. Those two days fell within the five-day international armed conflict that took place between th …