After the European Court of Human Rights delivered the verdict, the Amnesty International called upon the government of Georgia “to thoroughly and impartially” investigate Sandro Girgvliani’s murder case.
“The ruling is a timely reminder to the Georgian authorities of their obligation to end the impunity of public officials. Amnesty International has repeatedly raised concerns over Georgia’s failure to bring law enforcement officials to justice,“ said John Dalhuisen, Europe and Central Asia Programme Deputy Director at Amnesty International..
He said, the Georgian authorities must carry out prompt, thorough and effective investigations into allegations of human rights violations and bring those responsible to justice in a court of law, whatever their position of power.
The Georgian authorities must implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights without delay. Although on April 26, the Strasbourg Court accepted the arguments of the government that Sandro Girgvliani was murdered by interior ministry officials, they acted as private persons when committing the crime and not MIA officials and did not implement their professional duties.
The court criticized the Georgian government for showing unreasonable lenience toward the four perpetrators. It expressed particular concern over attempts by the Ministry of the Interior, the Prosecutor’s Office, the domestic courts and the President of Georgia to prevent justice from being done in the Girgvliani case. The court also criticized the government of Georgia failed to produce several main evidence to the Court and breached the Article 38 of the European Convention on Human Rights,” the organization stated.
The organization states that lawyers of Girgvliani’s family and opposition party leaders state that although the European Court did not directly instruct the government to repeatedly investigate the murder case, the verdict created more than enough to start a new investigation on the murder. Governmental officials have already indicated that they are not going to start new investigation.
The court instructed the government of Georgia to pay 50 000 Euro to Girgvliani’s family as a moral compensation.
“The ruling is a timely reminder to the Georgian authorities of their obligation to end the impunity of public officials. Amnesty International has repeatedly raised concerns over Georgia’s failure to bring law enforcement officials to justice,“ said John Dalhuisen, Europe and Central Asia Programme Deputy Director at Amnesty International..
He said, the Georgian authorities must carry out prompt, thorough and effective investigations into allegations of human rights violations and bring those responsible to justice in a court of law, whatever their position of power.
The Georgian authorities must implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights without delay. Although on April 26, the Strasbourg Court accepted the arguments of the government that Sandro Girgvliani was murdered by interior ministry officials, they acted as private persons when committing the crime and not MIA officials and did not implement their professional duties.
The court criticized the Georgian government for showing unreasonable lenience toward the four perpetrators. It expressed particular concern over attempts by the Ministry of the Interior, the Prosecutor’s Office, the domestic courts and the President of Georgia to prevent justice from being done in the Girgvliani case. The court also criticized the government of Georgia failed to produce several main evidence to the Court and breached the Article 38 of the European Convention on Human Rights,” the organization stated.
The organization states that lawyers of Girgvliani’s family and opposition party leaders state that although the European Court did not directly instruct the government to repeatedly investigate the murder case, the verdict created more than enough to start a new investigation on the murder. Governmental officials have already indicated that they are not going to start new investigation.
The court instructed the government of Georgia to pay 50 000 Euro to Girgvliani’s family as a moral compensation.
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