CoE supports Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list, providing sections for human rights violations in Georgian occupied regions
Council of Europe comes after the European Parliament and the United States which supported the Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list earlier. Photo: CoE press office.
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The Council of Europe has supported the Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list, which was drafted by the Georgian government last year to provide sanctions against individuals who have violated human rights in the two occupied regions of Georgia Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) since 1991 until the present day.
The list was the part of the resolution on the Magnitsky list which was supported by the Council of Europe.
Two ruling party and two opposition lawmakers from Georgia jointly initiated the Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list to become the part of the Magnitsky list resolution.
The authors of the initiative are Dimitri Tskitishvili and Zviad Kvachantiradze from the ruling Georgian Dream party and Giorgi Kandelaki and David Bakradze from the opposition,” Georgian Vice Parliament Speaker Tamar Chugoshvili said.
A leader of the European Georgia opposition party David Bakradze stated that after the European Parliament and the United States, the Council of Europe also made a resolution to support the list.
Supporting the list automatically prohibits the entry of the 33 individuals who are on the list, on EU territory and allows for the freezing of their assets.
The list was made after the brutal murder of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili by occupying forces last year.
Making the list was strongly criticised by the de facto governments of the Georgian occupied regions.
"I think the more time that passes, the more everyone will realize what a great hero Archil Tatunashvili is”, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said at today’s government session.
The parliament of Georgia has adopted a joint resolution on the case of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili, who was reported dead in unclear circumstances in occupied Tskhinvali on 23 February. The resolution condemns Russia’s actions in the occupied territories of Georgia, makes a series of demands on Russia and envisages the creation of a sanctions list of individuals who have violated the rights of Georgian citizens in the occupied regions of Georgia.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill which not only condemns the occupation of Georgian lands but also provides sanctions against those who violate human rights in the two Russian-occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
A de facto lawmaker of the Georgian occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region Petre Gasiev says that the de facto legislative body of the breakaway area is drafting a list which will include Georgian, American , Ukrainian and other nationals who have violated the rights of Ossetians since 1992.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has unanimously adopted a resolution which urges Russia to immediately suspend the erection of barbed wire fences and other artificial barriers along the occupation line in Georgia.