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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has begun considering a total of 59 individual complaints against Russia over the Russia-Georgia 2008 war, which left tens of thousands displaced from their homes in the now-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) announced on Tuesday.

The ECHR has already addressed Russia with questions regarding all registered complaints, 12 of which have been sent by GYLA to represent 78 people. The defendant country must provide the court with answers before May 2, 2022.

GYLA said it was representing over 350 people who are victims of the five-day conflict that took place in August 2008, with an overall of 53 complaints filed over violations of “various rights under the European Convention by the Russian Federation during the war.”

The complaints concern the issues such as the right to protection of private and family life, property rights, freedom of movement and prohibition of discrimination.