Amendment No. 20 | Doc. 13588 | 30 September 2014

The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia

Signatories: Ms Guguli MAGRADZE, Georgia, SOC ; Ms Ingrid ANTIČEVIĆ MARINOVIĆ, Croatia, SOC ; Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia, SOC ; Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Spain, SOC ; Mr Tadeusz IWIŃSKI, Poland, SOC

Origin - 2014 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 14, add the following sentences:

"The Assembly welcomes the strong stand of the Georgian government against discrimination and takes note that investigations are ongoing into several incidents of violence committed on the basis of ethnic, sexual or religious intolerance. The Assembly also welcomes the adoption by the Georgian Parliament in May of the new Human Rights Strategy and Action Plan."

Explanatory note

The National Human Rights Strategy 2014-2020 was adopted by Parliament (May 2014) and the strategy implementation document and human rights action plan 2014-2015 was approved by the govermenment of Georgia (July 2014).