EHRAC–Article 42 ECHR Training Seminar
When: Tuesday, 23. February 2010
To: Wednesday, 24. February 2010
Where: Tbilisi
Host: Article 42 of the Constitution
Article 42 and EHRAC are planning an ECHR training-seminar on issues of jurisdiction and the exhaustion of domestic remedies in relation to the South Ossetian conflict of 2008. During the same event there may also be scope to cover other ECHR issues relating to the conflict.
We, the undersigned members of the Network of Human Rights Houses and other international civil society organisations urge the government of Georgia to immediately end the ongoing repressions against independent voices. We condemn the use of illegal and disproportionate force against largely peaceful protestors, physical attacks against civil society representatives, alleged illegal detention of a well-known blogger, coordinated campaign of smear, harassment and intimidation against journalists, human rights defenders and their family members, including children.
Human Rights House Foundation joins a coalition of press freedom, journalists and human rights organizations led by The International Press Institute (IPI) in writing to Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, urging him to withdraw the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, guarantee the safety of journalists and uphold press freedom in Georgia.
As Georgian authorities look to introduce new “foreign agent” legislation, HRHF’s Kety Abashidze outlines the situation unfolding in the country and highlights the importance of international organisations, civil society and like-minded states to show solidarity with the Georgian public and civil society and to call on the authorities to abandon the law.
