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The ICC Prosecutor is working with the Russian Federation to promote justice for all victims of the Georgian conflict – OTP and Russian Federation pledge co-operation at conclusion of Moscow visit.

On March 11, US Department of State published annual human rights report which covers the situation in Georgia as well. The report speaks about deterioration of human rights situation in the country. The report focuses on various grave violations among them is the excessive use of force, arbitrary arrest, politically motivated imprisonments, etc.

On March 10th, the British, French and the US Ambassadors visited the Human Rights Center (HRIDC) to meet the NGO representatives and discuss the situation of human rights defenders in Georgia.

On the International Women’s Day the Human Rights Priority and the Caucasian Women’s Network filed a strategic litigation to the ECHR on the case of sexual abuse against a Georgian woman during the August war. The case versus Georgia and Russian Federation.

Media PR Campaign has become an active tool for the Georgian government to discredit NGOs and human rights defenders in media outlets since December of 2009. National TV-Channels have released telecasts where human rights defenders were declared to be traitors.

Head of Studio “Reporter”, journalist Vakhtang Komakhidze requests the Government of Switzerland political asylum because he fears for his own and his familys life. His wife reports to the Interpress news that her husband has received several threatening phone calls where his family members were threatened with death. Currently, Komakhidze is in Geneva, in a refugee asylum.

The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture – OMCT and the International Federation for Human Rights – FIDH), Human Rights House Foundation, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Front Line and ARTICLE 19 condemn the pressure and intimidation exerted by Georgian authorities against leading investigative journalist Vakhtang Komakhidze, and denounce a continuous defamation campaign against Mr. Komakhidze.

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Secretary of State and Foreign Minister of Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev, during his visit to Georgia reiterated the OSCE’s support of the Geneva Discussions, and the Organization’s readiness to support democratic reform processes, including elections.

According to the judgment of the European Court for Human Rights, Georgia shall introduce amendments to the law which was declared to be obligatory in 1997. The case deals with the citizens who were victims of Stalin’s repressions in 1937 and in fact it is precedential. European Court passed verdict against Georgia in the case “Kiladzes VS Georgia” and imposed the state to pay compensation to the victimized families.