The creation of an investigative commission by Georgian Dream serves to ignore the results of the international investigation into the 2008 war and to portray the Georgian side as the main culprit.

On February 5, the Georgian Dream party adopted a resolution on the creation of a temporary investigative commission of the Parliament of Georgia to investigate the activities of the regime and its political officials in 2003-2012, which does not comply with the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia. According to the Rules of Procedure, the investigative commission may study a specific issue, but not a general 9-year period.

On February 17, at the commission session, it became clear that the commission's main interest was the investigation of the August 2008 war. The questions and comments voiced by the members at the commission session made it clear that Georgian Dream was blaming the Georgian side for starting the August 2008 war. This is an anti-state action, ignores the results of international investigation, and is in line with Russian propaganda.

In parallel with the interviews conducted by the investigative commission, a number of statements were made by the de facto South Ossetian authorities, demanding that the Georgian side be punished for the “military aggression,” invading “South Ossetia,” issuing orders to attack peacekeepers, and “perpetrating acts of genocide” against the Ossetian people.

On January 27, 2016, the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed between July 1, 2008, and October 10, 2016. As part of the preliminary investigation, information was collected about the crimes. In the context of war crimes, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against three suspects representing the South Ossetian armed forces. The Court also established the participation of a representative of the Russian armed forces in war crimes.

On January 21, 2021, in relation to the Russia-Georgia war, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of six articles of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian Federation. In addition, in relating to the invasion of the country in August 2008, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian Federation to pay up to 130 million euros in compensation for moral damage to Georgian citizens.