TBILISI, April 30 – The Council of Europe (CoE) says its officials were again unable to visit Abkhazia and South Ossetia, leaving outside observers dependent on meetings in Tbilisi and information from international actors. The access problem is brought up once more in the Council of Europe Secretary General’s 33rd consolidated report on the conflict, … Read more
TBILISI, April 14 – The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, met non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Tbilisi on Tuesday, discussing protests, detainees and recent legal changes. Interpressnews reported that the commissioner met representatives of civic society, including Transparency International Georgia, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics. … Read more
TBILISI, February 11 – In a wide-ranging interview with Interpressnews, Germany’s ambassador in Tbilisi, Peter Fischer, touched on the OSCE’s “Moscow Mechanism” probe, EU sanctions, and what he called disinformation attacks. Fischer said the expert mission launched under the OSCE mechanism will look broadly at events in Georgia, including protests in November and December 2024 … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgians are increasingly positive about minorities, including LGBT+ people, according to the new survey commissioned by The Council of Europe Office in Georgia, which covers a period between 2018 and 2021. The CoE presented key findings of the study Monday, which demonstrates that knowledge and appreciation of diversity in Georgian society increased … Read more
Georgia showed the most significant drop in incarceration rate among Council of Europe member countries between 2008 and 2019. However, it is the second among countries with particularly high incarceration rates just after Russia, according to new statistics released on Tuesday by the CoE on the situation in European prisons covering the period until end-January … Read more