“The number of cases pending against Georgia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) stands at a remarkably low level. Viewed over a fifteen-year horizon, the figure has fallen by 93 per cent since 2011; this reduction speaks directly to the effectiveness of the reforms carried out within Georgia’s justice system,” stated the First Deputy Minister of Justice, Beka Dzamashvili, at a joint sitting of the Parliamentary Committees on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Protection and Civil Integration, where he presented the report on the implementation of Strasbourg Court rulings.

He added that Georgia upholds the standard of human rights protection at a very high level.

“The report presented before Parliament charts the general trends in the country’s progress on human rights protection, and allows us to benchmark those results against the situation in other European countries. The data set out in the report clearly shows that the number of pending cases against Georgia at the European Court is remarkably low. Over fifteen years, from 2011 to 2026, that number has fallen by 93 per cent. A reduction of that magnitude self-evidently reflects the effectiveness of the reforms implemented within the justice system, because people turn to the Strasbourg Court when they are dissatisfied with the justice they receive at home.

By way of comparison, Georgia’s performance is better than that of 29 European states, 19 of which are EU members. Accordingly, this is a clear and objective measure that the standard of human rights protection in Georgia is being maintained at a very high level. There is no country in Europe where this figure stands at zero, with cases pending against every nation. A significant proportion of the cases currently before the European Court relate to domestic violence, discrimination and ill-treatment that took place years ago. Fully 84 per cent of such cases concern events that occurred before 2012,” said Beka Dzamashvili.