Georgia as CoE chair calls for renewal of organization’s laws on environment, human rights
Human rights and the Environment Protect are among Georgia’s priority as the CoE chair country, the position the country took over in November 2019 from France. Photo: CoE.
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Georgia as the Council of Europe (CoE) chair country has called for the renewal of the organization’s laws on human rights and environmental protection to make sanctions and obligations clearer and stronger against environmental and organised crimes.
In the declaration made yesterday in Strasbourg at the conference on environmental protection and human rights, which was attended by Georgian Minister of Environmental protection Levan Davitashvili, Georgia called for a review of the existing legislation pertaining to these issues in the Council of Europe.
Photo: CoE.
Beyond the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (1979) and the European Landscape Convention (2000), the Council of Europe has developed further legal standards that need to be implemented and upgraded in light of current urgent environmental and climate challenges,” says the declaration.
Human rights and the Environment Protect are among Georgia’s priority as the CoE chair country, the position the country took over in November 2019 from France.
We have set human rights and environmental protection; civil participation in decision-making; child-friendly justice and democracy through education, culture and youth engagement as the #CoE Georgian Presidency’s overriding priorities for the next 6 months. pic.twitter.com/VmD84PUxfa
— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) November 26, 2019
Georgia will head the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe until May 15, 2020.
The recently adopted resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which covers the period between January and December of 2019, has welcomed amendments which ‘reinforce parliamentary oversight in Georgia and political accountability of the executive.’PACE also welcomed “a broad agreement with all stakeholders’ about the adopted fourth wave of judicial reforms ‘with the aim of further strengthening the independence of the judiciary and efficiency of the administration of justice.’
Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejcinovic Buric said at a news briefing with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili in Strasbourg earlier today that Georgia’s presidency of the CoE Committee of Ministers “is progressing well”. "I welcome all the works done by Georgia to promote and strengthen our values and standards and to raise awareness of the Council of Europe in the country but also in the South Caucasus area as a whole”, she stated.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has received symbolic keys marking the official assumption of the presidency of the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg today.
Starting today until May 15, 2020 Georgia will chair the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), a decision making body composed of the ministers of foreign affairs of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe or their permanent representatives in Strasbourg.Georgia has taken over the chairmanship from France.
Georgian Foreign Minister and Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe David Zalkaliani has paid tribute to all journalists ‘who are on the frontline and continue reporting during the ongoing crisis’ ahead of Press Freedom Day which will be marked on May 3.
Today Georgia has ended its six-month chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, a historic position Georgia took on November 27, 2019.
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