Parliament Speaker highlights Georgia’s selection “above all EU candidates” in Cato, Fraser institutes’ Human Freedom Index
Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday highlighted Georgia’s progress for human freedoms. Photo: Shalva Papuashvili’s Twitter page
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday highlighted the ranking of the country “above all European Union membership candidate states" in the Human Freedom Index released by the United States-based Cato Institute and Canadian-based Fraser Institute on Tuesday.
Papuashvili pointed out the country had also been placed above three EU and seven NATO member states in the list, which indexed 165 countries and territories based on 83 criteria across 12 categories.
Georgia Rises 11 Spots and Ranks in the Top 10 for annual and long-term progress in the Latest Human Freedom Index by @CatoInstitute & @FraserInstitute, now Ranking 43rd globally, surpassing all EU candidate countries and 3 EU member countries, as well as 7 NATO Members. pic.twitter.com/cICquWpiL8
— Shalva Papuashvili ???????? (@shpapuashvili) February 2, 2023
Georgia was positioned 43rd with the score of 7.71, with the selection also marking the country’s rise in the Index by 11 spots, and also placing it in the top 10 for “annual and long-term progress”.
The eighth annual edition of the Index used 83 indicators of personal and economic freedom in areas ranging from rule of law to security and safety, and from freedom of assembly to expression and information.
The two organisations described the Index as “the most comprehensive” and said it covered 98.1 percent of the world's population.
Switzerland, New Zealand, Estonia, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg occupy the top 10 spots in the ranking.
The country has taken “giant strides” in the last 10 years to raise the standard of human rights protection, Vice Prime Minister Thea Tsulukiani told journalists on Saturday marking Human Rights Day.
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.
The main priority of the Georgian Government is to create equal, free and dignified conditions for Georgian citizens, regardless of belonging to any group, as it is necessary to protect the interests of all groups and individuals, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Saturday, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948.
Niko Tatulashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister’s advisor for Human Rights, on Monday said the Government’s new National Human Rights Strategy, covering the years 2022-2030, ensured protection of “all basic human rights” and defined priorities in economic, social and civil rights.