Human rights — Treaties — Scope of application — European Convention on Human Rights, Article 1 — Application during international armed conflict — Application to State in respect of events outside territory of that State — Rule on exhaustion of domestic remedies — European Convention on Human Rights, Article 35(1) — Applicability in inter-State case — Administrative practice allegedly in violation of the Convention — Conflict between Georgia and Russian Federation in 2008 — Joinder of issues to the merits — Six-month time limit — Similarities between case and case before International Court of Justice

Claims — Local remedies rule — Application in human rights cases — European Convention on Human Rights, Article 35(1) — Inter-State case — Allegation of administrative practice in violation of the Convention

International tribunals — European Court of Human Rights — Jurisdiction — Procedure — Decisions on admissibility — Joinder of issues to the merits

War and armed conflict — Applicable law — Relationship between international humanitarian law and human rights law — European Convention on Human Rights