Parliament official highlights Gov’t’s “huge effort” in human rights protection in comment on EU report
The Parliament official alleged the human rights record had been the "most failed area" under the previous United National Movement party Government. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Committee on Human Rights, on Wednesday said the ruling Georgian Dream party Government had made a “huge” effort to ensure the human rights protection system in the country was "as smooth as possible" .
Sarjveladze’s comment followed the European Union’s annual report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World, published on Tuesday, which said that “overall, Georgia has a solid human rights framework, including legislations and policies in line with international and European standards”.
It is very good news - the human rights protection system of Georgia is assessed as well-functioning. It has an unequivocally positive assessment. It is very important that this is the result of a huge amount of work that has been done in recent years”, Sarjveladze said.
The Parliament official alleged the human rights record had been the "most failed area" under the previous United National Movement party Government.
Under the [current] Government, a huge effort has been made to ensure [...] human rights protection is promoted as much as possible [and] strengthened, and that the system is smooth”, Sarjveladze concluded.
The European Union on Tuesday published its annual 2022 report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World, in which it assessed that overall Georgia has a “solid” human rights framework, including legislations and policies in line with international and European standards.
Claus Neukirch, the Director of the Directorate of Programme Co-ordination of the Council of Europe, on Wednesday thanked Niko Tatulashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister’s Advisor for Human Rights, for his efforts in the development of the country’s second Human Rights strategy.
The state's “primary responsibility” is to ensure human rights protection and today it is important to discuss the new document of the Government-approved 2022-2030 National Human Rights Strategy. Within the framework of the document, the country must ensure and implement its obligations to respect human rights, Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker said on Saturday at the event dedicated to Human Rights Day.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday his Government had approved the National Strategy for Human Rights Protection for the years 2022-2030 following discussions with both international partners and domestic non-governmental organisations.
Rati Ionatamishvili, an MP of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the European Union’s latest Human Rights and Democracy in the World report had confirmed Tbilisi “deserved” the bloc’s membership candidate status last year.