A complaint has been received alleging that ethnic cleansing has been carried out by the Abkhazian government ( not legally part of Georgia , a state party of the court ) against ethnic Georgians . The Georgian state Minister for Conflict Resolution agreed that " '' human rights violations as well as crimes against humanity committed during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict are difficult to dispute '' " . The court has stated in a letter to the complainant that an investigation committee started looking into the case in 2004 and requested further information . However , a formal investigation has not yet been opened . The court only has jurisdiction over events that have taken place since its founding in July 2002
ethnic cleansing has been carried
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
Complaints to the International Criminal Court