The Hague-based ICJ, the highest UN court, seeks to resolve matters of international law disputed by state governments.
From Monday, Sept. 8, until Wednesday it will hold a public hearing on proceedings instituted by Georgia against Russia.
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Georgia is also expected to request that Russia ensure the safe return home of displaced Georgian refugees.
A suit was filed last month, with Tbilisi demanding that Russia withdraw all of its troops and pay damages for three military interventions in the region between 1990 and August 2008.
Judgement non-binding
A judgement from the ICJ is not expected for several weeks. Its judgements have no legally binding effect.
"I believe the court will not take as long to act as in other cases because the situation on the ground is really very difficult now and we need a decision very soon because the population is suffering," Georgia's Ambassador to the Netherlands Maia Panjikidze told Reuters news agency.
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Russia stopped issuing visas to Georgian citizens after Georgia severed diplomatic ties Analysts have predicted that Russia, in its defense, will question the jurisdiction of the ICJ and dispute Georgia's claim of ethnic discrimination.
EU to send observer mission
Last month Georgia and Russia fought a five-day war over the rebel provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which Moscow subsequently recognized as independent.
The European Union and the United States have maintained their support for Georgia's territorial integrity and have not recognized the two territories.
On Saturday, European Union foreign ministers agreed to send an observer mission to Georgia to monitor Russian troops' withdrawal from the occupied territory.
(Deutsche Welle)
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