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  • Igor Mirzakhanyan

From Interstate Withdrawal to Individual Justice: V.T. and Others v. Azerbaijan and the Future of Accountability before Strasbourg

August 11, 2026

By Igor Mirzakhanyan Amid ongoing discussions about the potential withdrawal of interstate cases before the ECtHR (along with all other claims before international legal forums) pursuant to Article XV of the initialed agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Court has delivered a new judgment concerning the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict. On 18 June 2026, the Court […]

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  • Júlia Miklasová

Mamasakhlisi and Others v. Georgia and Russia: Russia’s Effective Control over Abkhazia Before the 2008 War: Peacekeepers, Passportisation and Other Hybrid Elements

June 13, 2023

By Dr. Júlia Miklasová Introduction The judgment rendered by the Second Section of the Court in Mamasakhlisi and Others v. Georgia and Russia relates to the allegations of human rights violations by the de facto Abkhaz authorities in Abkhazia before the 2008 Russia-Georgia War and Russia’s recognition of Abkhazia. In this case, filed against Russia […]

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