Human Rights Center

Other Reports

• Government Used Excessive Force on Protesters
  • Riot Police Violently Disperse Peaceful Protesters
  • Police Beat Peaceful Protesters for Second Day
  •  Anti-Torture Body Criticizes Georgia
    
    Rights Groups Urge Tbilisi to End Torture
  • Georgia: Do Not Develop Guidelines for Diplomatic Assurances
    
    Letter to Georgian Parliament
  • Georgia: Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility Flouts International Standards 
  • Human Rights Watch's Open Letter to President Saakashvili
  • Human Rights Watch's Open Letter to the Tbilisi City Court Chair
  • Georgia: Prison Abuses Rife Despite Promises of Reform
  • Georgia: Bush Should Raise Human Rights Concerns
  • Georgia and the European Neighbourhood Policy
  • Georgia: Torture Still Goes Unpunished
  • Human Rights Watch – Georgian documents

• IN THE WAITING ROOM - INTERNALLY DISPLASED PEOPLE IN GEORGIA
  
• Europe and Central Asia:Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns in the Region: July-December 2007  
• CRI REPORT ON GEORGIA
  
  • Television in Georgia –Ownership, Control and Regulation
  • Television in Georgia
  • Authorities Must Promptly Investigate Police Actions in Dispersing Demonstrators 
  • Georgia: The government should implement recommendations of the UN Human Rights Committee as a matter of priority
  • Georgia: Briefing to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
  • Anti-Torture Body Criticizes Georgia. Rights Groups Urge Tbilisi to End Torture
  • Georgia: Amnesty International and non-governmental organizations of Georgia urge the government to promptly approve Action Plan on Domestic Violence
  • Europe and Central Asia: Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns in the Region: July - December 2006
  • Georgia: Appeal Case: Alleged ill-treatment of Vakhtang Guchua and Zaali Akobia: waiting two years for justice and reparation
  • Georgia: Appeal Case: Doubts remain about those responsible for Sandro Girgvliani's death
  • Georgia: Thousands suffering in silence: Violence against women in the family
  • Georgia: Amnesty International urges the Georgian government to implement recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture
  • 2006 Elections to the Human Rights Council: Background information on candidate countries
  • Georgia: Fear of forcible return/torture and ill-treatment: Azer Ramizoglu Samedov (m)
  • Georgia: Briefing to the Committee against Torture
  • Georgia: Torture and ill-treatment Still a concern after the "Rose Revolution" Summary
  • Georgia: Police torture and other ill-treatment must be relegated to the past
    
    
  International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) 
   
  • After the rose, the thorns; political prisoners in postrevolutionari Georgia
  • Elections must be free and transparent
    
   
  • Human Rights violations in Georgia 
   
  • Note on the situation of Human Rights in Georgia
   
  • Co-operation council between the European Union and Georgia
   
  • Ethnic Minorities in Georgia
   
  • On the occasion of the EU/CFSP mission in GEORGIA : Joint Open Letter to Bernard BOT Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Javier SOLANA, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, on the occasion of the EU/CFSP mission in GEORGIA
   
  • Open Letter to the Georgian authorities 
    World Organisation against Torture (OMCT - SOS Torture Network)
   
  • Excessive use of force against demonstrators by law enforcement officials
    
  • NGOs call on Georgian government to protect children from violence 
    
  • Violence against children in Georgia 
    
  • Presentation of an alternative report on human rights violations in Georgia 
    
  • Georgia should continue implementing legal reforms to comply with international human rights law 
    
  • Violence against Women in Georgia
    
  • An alternative report by OMCT reveals that Georgia's policy to fight against crime leads to unacceptable abuse and torture 
    
  • Human rights violations in Georgia - Alternative report to the United Nations Commitee Against Torture, 36th session  Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT)
   
  • Draft report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
    
   
  •  Arbitrary detention of three members of the Egalitarian  Institute
    
  • New arbitrary detention of Mr. Jaba Jishkariani 
    
  • 2006 Annual Report of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
  • Judicial proceedings against Mr. Giorgi Getsadze
    
  • Georgia: Threats against Ms. Lela Bekauri
    
  • Georgia: Arbitrary detention of several members of the Egalitarian Institute
    
  • Georgia: Arbitrary detention of five members of the "Equality Institute" 
    
  • Georgia: Break-in of the office of PMMG / Harassment
    
  • Georgia: Release on bail of Mr. Azer Samedov
   
   International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights 
  
  • Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2007 (Events of 2006)
  • Chechen Refugees in Georgia - Report by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), jointly with the Caucasus Center for Human Rights
  Committee for the Protection of Journalists
  • Attacks on the press – Georgia
  US Department of State  
  • 2006 Human Rights Report - Section on Georgia
  • Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2006 - Section on Georgia 
  • 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism - Section on Georgia  
  • Trafficking in Persons Report 2007, Link to full report - Section on Georgia  
  • US Commission on International Religious Freedom
    
  • Religious Freedom Report, Section on Georgia
  The Council of Europe:
   
  • COMMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA
    ON THE FIRST OPINION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE
    IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE
    PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES
    BY GEORGIA
  • ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR
    THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES  (10 oqtober, 2009)
  • European Comission Against Racism and Intolerance - 2nd Report on Georgia (June 30, 2006).
• European Comission Against Racism and Intolerance - Report on Georgia (April 23 2002).
• Report to the Georgian Government on the visit to Georgia carried out by the Europian Committee for the prevention of Torture and inhuman or degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), 2007
• Report to the Georgian Government on the visit to Georgia carried out by the Europian Committee for the prevention of Torture and inhuman or degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), 2001
• Report by Mr Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights, on his visit to Georgia 1-10 June 2002
SG/INF (2006) 9 - 31 May 2006Compliance with commitments and obligations: The situation in Georgia - Regular report prepared by the Directorate General of Political Affairs (May 2006) SG/Inf(2005)6 14 March 2005Compliance with commitments and obligations: the situation in GeorgiaSG/Inf(2004)4 Rev 27 January 2004Compliance with commitments and obligations: the situation in GeorgiaSG/Inf (2004)19 28 June 2004Compliance with commitments and obligations: the situation in Georgia Venice Commission:  
• Opinion on the draft amendments to the Constitution of Georgia
• Opinion on the draft law on restitution of housing and property to the victims of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict of the republic of Georgia 
• Amicus curiae opinion on the relationship between the freedom of expression and defamation with respect to Unproven defamatory allegations of fact as requested by the constitutional court of Georgia
• Opinion on the draft constitutional law of Georgia on the status of the autonomous republic of Adjara
• Joint opinion on a proposal for a constitutional law on changes and amendments to the constitution of Georgia
• Opinion on DRAFT Constitutional Amendments relating to the reform of the Judiciary in Georgia

International Crisis GroupGEORGIA: SLIDING TOWARDS AUTHORITARIANISM
International Organisation for Migration

• “The Return and Reintegration of Migrants to the South Caucasus – An Exploratory Study”, (December 2002) - Available in English language
• “Information Campaign for the Prevention of Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Human Beings from Georgia – Project Report” – (May 2002), Available in Georgian language
• “Hardship Abroad or Hunger at Home – A Study of Irregular Migration from Georgia”, (September 2001) - Available in English, Georgian and Russian languages
• “Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Migrants – The Case of Georgia”, (September 2000) - Available in English and Georgian languages