South Ossetia conflict report [EU IIFFMCG]

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South Ossetia conflict report [EU IIFFMCG]

September 30, 2009 08:48:00 pm

Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia, September 30, 2009 [reporting that Georgia violated international law when it shelled the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali in August 2008].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on South Ossetia conflict which eventually drew in Russian troops.

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