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issued by the Registrar of the Court ECHR 121 (2023) 21.04.2023 Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Georgia v. Russia (II) concerning the question of just satisfaction The European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment concerning the question of just satisfaction (Article 41 of the Convention) in the case of Georgia v. Russia (II) (application no. 38263/08) in writing on 28 April 2023 at 9.30 a.m. in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg. The case concerns allegations by the Georgian Government of administrative practices on the part of the Russian Federation entailing various breaches of the Convention, in connection with the armed conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation in August 2008. Principal facts and complaints In its Grand Chamber judgment in Georgia v. Russia (II), delivered on 21 January 2021, the Court found that a distinction needed to be made between the military operations carried out during the active phase of hostilities (from 8 to 12 August 2008) and the other events occurring after the cessation of the active phase of hostilities � that is, following the ceasefire agreement of 12 August 2008. The Court had regard to the observations and numerous other documents submitted by the parties, and also to reports by international governmental and non-governmental organisations. In addition, it heard evidence from a total of 33 witnesses. The Court concluded, following its examination of the case, that the events occurring during the active phase of hostilities (8 to 12 August 2008) had not fallen within the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation for the purposes of Article 1 of the Convention (obligation to respect human rights) and declared this part of the application inadmissible. However, it held that the Russian Federation had exercised "effective control" over South Ossetia, Abkhazia and the "buffer zone" during the period from 12 August to 10 October 2008, the date of the official withdrawal of the Russian troops. After that period, the strong Russian presence and the South Ossetian and Abkhazian authorities' dependency on the Russian Federation indicated that there had been continued "effective control" over South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Court therefore concluded that the events occurring after the cessation of hostilities � that is, following the ceasefire agreement of 12 August 2008 � had fallen within the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation for the purposes of Article 1 of the Convention. Since the question of the application of Article 41 of the Convention was not ready for decision, the Court reserved it and invited the applicant Government and the respondent Government to submit their observations on the matter. The Court will rule on this question in the judgment to be delivered on 28 April 2023. Procedure The application was lodged with the European Court of Human Rights on 11 August 2008 and declared partly admissible on 13 December 2011. On 3 April 2012 the Chamber relinquished jurisdiction in favour of the Grand Chamber. A hearing was held on 23 May 2018. The principal judgment was delivered by the Grand Chamber on 21 January 2021. This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions, judgments and further information about the Court can be found on www.echr.coe.int. To receive the Court's press releases, please subscribe here: www.echr.coe.int/RSS/en or follow us on Twitter @ECHR_CEDH. Press contacts [email protected] | tel.: +33 3 90 21 42 08 We would encourage journalists to send their enquiries via email. Denis Lambert (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 41 09) Tracey Turner-Tretz (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 35 30) Inci Ertekin (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 55 30) Neil Connolly (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 48 05) Jane Swift (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 29 04) The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. 2