The Minister of Justice and the President of the European Court of Human Rights spoke about the perspective of the development of cooperation between Georgia and European structures. The meeting emphasized the special role of the Strasbourg Court in the development of human rights-oriented European democracy.

Mr. Spano supported the initiative of the Ministry of Justice, the implementation of which will give Georgian lawyers an additional practical opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the European Convention on Human Rights and the practice of the ECHR, which will be another step forward on the path to European integration. The parties have planned future projects in this direction, which will be implemented as a result of the cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

The meeting participants emphasized the positive trend of a sharp decrease in the ongoing disputes against Georgia in the Strasbourg Court. To date, only 130 individual complaints against Georgia are considered in the European Court of Human Rights, which represents a historical minimum for Georgia. The Minister of Justice thanked the President for the contribution of the ECHR to the protection of human rights in Georgia.

On behalf of the European Court of Human Rights, Head of the Secretariat of the 5th Section of the ECHR, Victor Soloveichik and Georgian judge of the European Court, Lado Chanturia also attended the meeting.