The European Court of Human Rights has registered a complaint against the Russian Law on so-called Foreign Agents. This information was shared by the Georgian Young Lawyers Association.
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According to GYLA, this once again exposes the false information spread by government-controlled media, which claimed that non-governmental organizations did not file a complaint against the Russian law with the Strasbourg court.
The Russian Law was challenged in the European Court of Human Rights by 16 media organizations, 120 civil society organizations, and 4 individuals. They argue that the law not only seeks to restrict civil society and the media but also aims to isolate citizens from one another and suppress critical voices.
"Using Russian methods to fight independent organizations not only violates fundamental human rights but also undermines the unwavering choice of the Georgian people to integrate into Euro-Atlantic structures," say the petitioning organizations.
In the case Georgian Young Lawyers Association and Others v. Georgia, the complainants challenge violations of the European Convention on Human Rights, including the freedom of assembly and association (Article 11), freedom of expression (Article 10), protection of personal and family life (Article 8), discrimination (Article 14), the right to effective legal protection (Article 13), and the scope of rights restrictions (Article 18).
Before sending the complaint to Strasbourg, four lawsuits against the Russian Law were filed with the Constitutional Court of Georgia. The President of Georgia, 38 members of Parliament, 122 non-governmental and media organizations, as well as Georgian News and Studio Monitori, called for the suspension of the law until a final decision was made. By a vote of 6 to 2, the plenum of the Constitutional Court ruled that the Russian Law does not pose an immediate threat to the media and non-governmental organizations. As a result, it refused to suspend the contested provisions and partially accepted the lawsuits for review.
