Amendment No. 34 | Doc. 13588 | 30 September 2014

The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia

Signatories: Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Tinatin BOKUCHAVA, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Bernd FABRITIUS, Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Ana GUŢU, Republic of Moldova, ALDE ; Ms Chiora TAKTAKISHVILI, Georgia, ALDE

Origin - 2014 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 14, after the first sentence, insert the following sentence:

"The Assembly is concerned by the lack of effective investigation and prosecution of hate crimes against minorities."

Explanatory note

The ineffective investigation and prosecution of hate crimes remain the major concern in Georgia and has to be noted by the Assembly. Over the past year and a half human rights watchdogs have raised concern over repeated violent attacks on various minorities, of a pogrom on a LGBT group on 17 May 2013, the cutting down of a minaret or the nailing of a pig's head on a madrassa. In none of the cases were any of the perpetrators effectively prosecuted.