Background and history of the proceedings The hearings in the inter-State Georgia v. Russia (II) case (application no. 38263/08) before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) were held on 22 September 2011. The webcast of the hearings is available here. For a complete list of inter-State cases before the ECtHR see here. The formal inter-State application was submitted by the Georgian Government on 6 February 2009. The case is based on the brief armed conflict of August 2008 between Georgia and Russia. The application was first lodged with the ECtHR on 11 August 2008 and was accompanied by a…