Strasbourg

The violence which took over the streets in Tbilisi on the International Day against Homophobia in Tbilisi has shown that the measures taken by the Government were insufficient to ensure the safety of persons taking part in the LGBTI rally. The police was unprepared to cope with the large number of counter-demonstrators, a number of whom assaulted participants in the LGBTI rally... (>>>)

Tbilisi

On 8-11 May, Council of Europe experts conducted a training seminar for the staff of the Prison Study Centre (PSC). The PSC is the first research institute in the penitentiary and probation field ever established in Georgia. It was set up by the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre and the Tbilisi State University of Tbilisi in December 2012. ... (>>>)

16.05.2013 Strasbourg

On the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) Secretary General Jagland called on Member States to fight discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity... (>>>)

17.05.2013 Strasbourg

A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)* looking into the consequences of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia has deeply regretted that the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali and Sukhumi refused to receive the delegation. The delegation has just returned from a visit to Moscow and Tbilisi (12-15 May 2013)... (>>>)

Strasbourg

The Council of Europe announces a call for applications for the following vacancy... (>>>)

23.04.2013 Strasbourg

Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili addresses PACE  ... (>>>)

19.04.2013 Tbilisi

On 22-23 April 2013, a roundtable on independent mechanisms to investigate serious human rights violations by law-enforcement officials will take place at the Holiday Inn hotel in Tbilisi. ... (>>>)

16.04.2013 Strasbourg

The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), have welcomed the recently adopted reforms of the justice system... (>>>)

12.04.2013 Tbilisi

A training seminar for a new group of legal assistants of judges of first instance courts will take place on 13-14 April at the High School of Justice. .. (>>>)

03.04.2013 Tbilisi

The Council of Europe Office in Georgia announces call for applications for the following vacancies ... (>>>)

Strasbourg

26.03.2013 – The monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), have welcomed yesterday’s adoption, with broad bipartisan support, of the constitutional amendment that removed the possibility for the President to appoint a new government without the parliament’s approval... (>>>)

Strasbourg

On 25 March Interior Minister Irakli Garibashvili visited Strasbourg, where he met with Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjørn Jagland, among others. The Minister informed Secretary-General Jagland about ongoing and planned reforms in the law enforcement area. During his visit, Minister Garibashvili deposited Georgia's signature of three important treaties... (>>>)

Strasbourg

20.03.2013 – The members of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, meeting at the Congress session in Strasbourg (France), have examined a report on the situation of local and regional democracy in Georgia following a monitoring visit to the country in June 2012... (>>>)

The Council of Europe's Venice Commission held its 94th plenary session in Venice on 8-9 March 2013. It held an exchange of views with Georgian participants and adopted ... (>>>)

Tbilisi

On 25 February 2013, the first five-day training seminar on the role of social work in the work of probation officers was opened by Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance Sozar Subari, together with Deputy Ministers Grigoal Giorgadze and Sopio Japaridze. ... (>>>)

Strasbourg 6-7 March

A study visit of a group of ten Georgian prosecutors to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg will take place on 6-7 March 2013, in the framework of Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights”.... (>>>)

Strasbourg

A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will carry out a fact-finding mission to Georgia on 27 and 28 February 2013 to obtain information on the situation of local and regional democracy in this country since the last elections, held in October 2012... (>>>)

Tbilisi

Within the framework of the Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights” a training seminar for judges will take place on 16-17 February at the High School of Justice... (>>>)

Tbilisi

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Ms Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, is visiting Tbilisi on 14 and 15 February. She will be accompanied by the Director of Political Advice, Mr Alexandre Guessel, and the Director of the Office of the Directorate-General of Programmes, Ms Verena Taylor... (>>>)

Strasbourg 08.02.2013

The co-rapporteurs on Georgia of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), have condemned the outbreak of violence during today’s protest in front of the National Library in Tbilisi where President Saakashvili was scheduled to make his “State of the Union” address.. .... (>>>)

Tbilisi

A delegation of the Venice Commission is visiting Tbilisi on 6 and 7 February 2013 to meet with representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the President of the Supreme Court, the vice president of the Constitutional court, the Judges’ Association of Georgia and representatives of the civil society. .... (>>>)

Strasbourg 04.02.2013

At the end of his two-day visit to Georgia, the President of the Venice Commission presented his views on the current situation in the country at a press conference.... (>>>)

Tbilisi

Within the framework of the Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights” a training seminar for a new group of legal assistants of judges of first instance courts will take place on 2-3 February at the High School of Justice. ... (>>>)

Tbilisi 31.01 2013

The Council of Europe’s advisory body for legal affairs, Venice Commission, may appoint a liaison officer in Georgia as country’s new authorities prepare for launch of a process for major constitutional overhaul.... (>>>)

Tbilisi

Mr Gianni Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission, and Ms Simona Granata-Menghini, Deputy Secretary of the Commission, visit Georgia to meet with the authorities, in particular with representatives of the new parliamentary majority and of the government... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 28. 01.2013

The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) made public an information note by the co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boris Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), on their fact-finding visit to Tbilisi and Kutaisi (5-7 December 2012). The note focuses on cohabitation, the prosecution of former government members and ministerial officials, the parliamentary resolution on political prisoners, prison reform and the amnesty law as well as reform of the justice system and law enforcement agencies... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 28-29. 01.2013

An exchange of views with Mr Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly and Nino Tsotsoria, the Georgian judge at the European Court of Human Rights, are on the agenda of the study visit for members of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, organised by the Council of Europe, with the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands to Georgia... (>>>)

Tbilisi, 25.01. 2013

The Council of Europe, in the framework of the EU/CoE Joint Programme “Reinforcing the Fight against Ill-treatment and Impunity” is organising a two-day seminar for prosecutors and judges on “Allegations of Ill-treatment and Criminal Procedure”... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 24.01. 2013

The urgent humanitarian needs following the conflict between Georgia and Russia in 2008 have been dealt with, but there are still significant long-term humanitarian challenges which cannot be solved as long as "people's lives are becoming trumped by politics", PACE said today... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 11.01. 2013

Addresses by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle, and Italian Justice Minister Paola Severino (to be confirmed) are among highlights of the 2013 Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), taking place in Strasbourg from 21 to 25 January.... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 21.12. 2012

The Council of Europe’s MONEYVAL Committee published a report with a detailed action plan on measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in Georgia... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 11.12. 2012

Following his visit to Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 5 to 7 December, Boriss Cilevics (Latvia SOC), co-rapporteur of the Assembly for Georgia, called on the political majority and opposition to fully respect each other’s constitutional roles and, in the interest of all Georgian citizens, ensure that the cohabitation between President and Government works... (>>>)

Tbilisi  

On 30 November, 2012, a conference "The 2012 Parliamentary elections: lessons learned and steps ahead", organized by the Council of Europe was held in Tbilisi with the assistance of the Government of Switzerland... (>>>)

Strasbourg  04.12.2012

Strasbourg, 04.12.2012 – Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, will undertake a fact-finding visit to the country from 5 to 7 December 2012... (>>>)

Tbilisi  04.12.2012

Come to watch the movie Parada at the Tbilisi International Film Festival. Parada will be screened in the original Serbian, and with Georgian and English subtitles, at 5pm on Saturday 8 December at Rustaveli Cinema... (>>>)

Strasbourg 04.12.2012

“The Georgian authorities should address long-standing concerns about ill-treatment of prisoners and other detained persons by public officials and take effective steps to repair the system of accountability... (>>>)

Strasbourg 28.11.2012

A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently carried out a five-day visit to Georgia.... (>>>)

Tbilisi 29.11.2012

Desirable measures to ensure that the organisation and management of the upcoming presidential elections in Georgia continue the clear improvements in compliance with European and international standards shown during the 2012 parliamentary elections is going to be the subject of the conference organised by the Council of Europe, with the support of the Swiss Confederation, on 30 November 2012, in Tbilisi, Georgia.... (>>>)

Strasbourg 28.11.2012

Four years on from the war between Georgia and Russia, a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has warned against politics poisoning possibilities for progress on humanitarian issues arising from the war.... (>>>)

Strasbourg,

Around the world – and indeed across Europe – women are beaten and threatened. Domestic violence is the most common form of abuse of women worldwide, irrespective of economics, religion or culture, says Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, in his latest Human Rights Comment published on 09 October... (>>>)

Strasbourg,

In its latest annual report, published on 4 October, the Council of Europe’s anti-trafficking watchdog GRETA (Group of experts on action against trafficking in human beings) has urged countries across the continent to step up the fight against human trafficking... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 05-11.10.2012  

Be part of the debate at the Strasbourg World Forum for Democracy. You can follow the Council of Europe's coverage of the event via its Twitter, Facebook and blog social media channels and contribute your experience in real time... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 03.10.2012  

On 3 October Secretary General Jagland issued the following statement on the results of the Georgian elections:
“The successful completion of open and competitive elections, recognised as democratic by the international observers including members of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, should be seen as a clear and unequivocal sign of the success of the democratic transformation of Georgian society over the last few years...  (>>>)

Strasbourg, 03.10.2012  

“Georgia has taken an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections. I particularly wish to welcome the constructive approach taken by President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has announced that he wishes to facilitate the process for forming a new government...  (>>>)

Strasbourg, 02.10.2012  

In the case Kakabadze and Others v. Georgia (application no. 1484/07), the European Court of Human Rights held on 2 October that there had been...  (>>>)

Strasbourg, 02.10.2012  

Georgia’s parliamentary elections marked an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections, although certain key issues remain to be addressed, concluded the international election observers in a statement released today...  (>>>)

Strasbourg 25.09.2012 

A 22-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Luca Volontè (Italy, EPP/CD), will travel to Georgia from 29 September to 2 October to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, European Parliament, NATO Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)....  (>>>)

Strasbourg 20.09.2012 

The monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), have expressed their shock at the videos that have surfaced in Georgia showing prisoners being abused and tortured by prison guards...  (>>>)

Strasbourg 20.09.2012 

Jean Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), today issued the following statement:
“I was shocked and horrified to see media images of prison guards violently assaulting inmates in a prison in Georgia.
..  (>>>)

Tbilisi 

At the request of the Central Election Commission of Georgia (the CEC) in the context of the forthcoming parliamentary elections (1 October 2012), a Venice Commission election expert assists the CEC in preparing the elections...  (>>>)

Strasbourg 12.09.2012 

The forthcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia, on 1 October 2012, are crucial for Georgia’s democratic development and will be a litmus test to confirm the country’s commitment to democratic values and principles, said the pre-electoral delegation (1) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that visited Tbilisi on 11 and 12 September 2012...  (>>>)

Strasbourg 04.09.2012 

The media have frequently raised the prospect of a “lost generation” appearing in Europe as a result of the economic crisis. However, a different kind of “lost generation” has been struggling to cope in many European countries as the result of past military-political crises. I have in mind Europe’s internally displaced persons (IDPs), some of whom have been facing extremely difficult circumstances for decades...  (>>>)

Strasbourg 06.09.2012 

A five-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Luca Volontè (Italy, EPP/CD), will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Tbilisi on 11-12 September 2012, ahead of the parliamentary elections in Georgia on 1 October 2012, to assess the electoral framework and campaign...  (>>>)

August 2012

On 30 August, a four-day working group meeting on the revision of all programmes run by the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre (PPTC) will take place at the PPTC in Rustavi. . ..  (>>>)

August 2012

On 27-28 August, a two-day training seminar on European standards of imprisonment and Georgian legislation is planned to take place in Borjomi (Georgia) for lawyers of the Legal Aid Service of the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance, prosecutors from Guria, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Racha-Lechkhumi and NGOs working in penitentiary field. ..  (>>>)

21.08.2012 - Strasbourg

Strasbourg, 21.08.2012 - The co-rapporteurs for Georgia of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC) today expressed their concern about the reports that the Georgian authorities have seized the bank accounts of the Georgian Dream opposition coalition...  (>>>)

15.08.2012 - Tbilisi

On 16 August a roundtable on “Building the Capacity of the Voter's List Verification Commission” will be held at Betsy’s hotel. ..  (>>>)

08.08.2012 - Tbilisi

The Council of Europe Office in Georgia would like to congratulate the fifteen winners of the essay competition “Elections and Me”. Particular congratulations go to David Zhorzholiani, Zaza Zangurashvili and Nutsa Ghuladze, who have respectively won the first, second and third prize for their essays...  (>>>)

July 2012

A working group meeting to review the long-term training programme for “Universal Officers” of the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance will take place at the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre (PPTC) on 30 July 2012.  . (>>>)

July 2012

The English language edition of the 2011 annual report of the Public Defender of Georgia (PDO) on the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms in Georgia was finalized and printed in July 2012.  (>>>)

July 2012

In the framework of Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights”, a round table will be held to present two draft regulations on penitentiary issues: for prison officers managing the daily regime in penitentiary institutions and for the prisoners transportation unit.  . (>>>)

July 2012

The Legal Expertise was conducted on request of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Georgia with a view to ensuring the administrative offences legal framework which would be in line with the relevant European standards and best practices. . (>>>)

06.07.2012

9-10 July, Batumi (Georgia) – The Council of Europe will organise a regional seminar in promotion of its Convention (Istanbul Convention)... (>>>)

Tbilisi - 06.07.2012

On 6 July 2012 a round table on freedom of information in Georgia will be held at the hotel Betsy’s, Tbilisi...... (>>>)

Tbilisi - 05.07.2012

On 5 July 2012 a training seminar on Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights will be held at the hotel Betsy’s, Tbilisi...... (>>>)

Tbilisi

In the framework of Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights”, a three-day working group meeting to draft a regulation for the prisoners transportation unit will take place at Lopota Lake Resort on 6-8 July 2012. ..... (>>>)

Strasbourg

PACE adopts report on the progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure from June 2011 to May 2012..... (>>>)

Strasbourg

Call for applications: Civil Society Debate - Strasbourg 7-8 October 2012 - deadline 16 July 2012..... (>>>)

26.06.2012-Strasbourg

Committee of Ministers replies to the PACE Recommendation 1979 (2011) on prenatal sex selection..... (>>>)

Tbilisi

A two-day training seminar for a new group of judges’ legal assistants of first instance courts will take place on 7-8 July at the High School of Justice...... (>>>)

22.06.2012-Strasbourg

The 2012 Youth Peace Camp, starting today, is a symbol of the work done with and for young people by the Council of Europe over the last four decades and more. The camp, which runs until 30 June, is being held at the Strasbourg European Youth Centre, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
. .... (>>>)

Tbilisi

In the framework of Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights”, a three-day working group meeting to draft a regulation for prison officers managing the daily regime in penitentiary institutions will take place at Lopota Lake Resort on 22-24 June 2012. .... (>>>)

Tbilisi

A study visit of two groups of students of High School of Justice (HSoJ) to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg will take place on 28-29 June 2012, in the framework of Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights”.... (>>>)

Tbilisi

The Embassies of the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States, and the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, are pleased to announce a series of LGBT film screenings from 18 to 21 June 2012, at 7pm, Amarkordi theatre, Amirani Cinema Literatuli Café’36 Kostava St. Limited seating - first come, first served.... (>>>)

Tbilisi

Two training seminars for judges of first instance courts dealing with criminal cases and students of the High School of Justice (HSoJ) will take place on 16-17 June at the HSoJ. Judges will be trained on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on Articles 2 (Right to life), 3 (Prohibition of torture) and 6 (Right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). .. (>>>)

On 6 June 2012, Georgia became a party to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185). The Convention will enter into force in respect of Georgia on 1 October 2012. Georgia is the 34th state party to the Convention. .. (>>>)

A Congress delegation led by Ian Micallef (Malta, Chamber of Local Authorities, EPP/DC) and Helena Pihlajasaari (Finland, Chamber of Regions SOC) is to carry out a monitoring mission from 11 to 13 June 2012 to assess the state of local and regional democracy in Georgia. This is the second general monitoring visit to the country since it ratified the European Charter of Local Self-Government in 2004 ... (>>>)

The 122nd Session of the Committee of Ministers was held in Strasbourg on 23 May under the chairmanship of William Hague, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom. The meeting concluded the six months of UK Chairmanship of the Committee, centred chiefly on seeking means to guarantee the continued effectiveness of the European Convention on Human Rights system ... (>>>)

A two-day training seminar on the implementation of parole for newly recruited probation officers of National Probation Agency will take place in Kachreti, on 26-27 May 2012, in the framework of the Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights”  ... (>>>)

Strasbourg, 15.05.2012 - Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has warned that discrimination and prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people continues to blight the lives of millions of Europeans and cannot be left unanswered. In a statement issued today he said: ... (>>>)

A five-day “training of trainers” seminar for staff of the medical department and the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre (PPTC) of the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia (MCLA) and chief doctors from penitentiary institutions in Western Georgia will take place in Kachreti, on 23-27 May 2012... (>>>)

The Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today called on its member states to set up transparent systems for party and election campaign financing. In its annual report, GRECO, while acknowledging an increase in regulatory efforts by states, pointed to a number of shortcomings:(>>>)

In the framework of the EU/CoE Joint Programme “Reinforcing the Fight against Ill-treatment and Impunity”, the Council of Europe is organising two-day seminar on ‘riot control’ for representatives of different police units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and students of the Police Academy.....(>>>)

A two-day training for the Child Advisory Board of the Office of Public Defender of Georgia will take place on 4-5 May at Courtyard Marriott Hotel.  ....(>>>)

On 30 April the Georgian language edition of the 2011 annual report of the Public Defender of Georgia (PDO) on the protection of human rights and freedoms was finalised and printed. The report will be distributed by the PDO to governmental and non-governmental organisations. ....(>>>)

Council of Europe, under the auspices of the EU/CoE Joint Programme “Reinforcing the Fight against Ill-treatment and Impunity” is organizing two two-day cascade trainings for the staff members of the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia....(>>>)

On 18-25 April a Council of Europe (CoE) expert participated in the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM)'s annual monitoring of psychiatric institutions in Georgia for 2012. ....(>>>)

Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has warned that close and non-transparent relationships between media and governments are a risk to pluralistic societies. In a statement to mark World Press Freedom Day he said:....(>>>)

A two-day training seminar for legal assistants of judges of first instance courts will take place on 28-29 April at the High School of Justice......(>>>)

On 28-29 April 2012, a two-day working group meeting will take place at Lopota Lake Resort to draft training programmes for (1) medical staff working in prisons on Georgian legislation and European standards on prison health care and (2) non-medical staff on the right to health of prisoners.....(>>>)

The Council of Europe Office in Georgia invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the position of Election Project Officer ....(>>>)

Nils Muižnieks takes up today the post of Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. Elected in January 2012 by the Parliamentary Assembly, Muižnieks is the third Commissioner, succeeding Thomas Hammarberg (2006-2012) and Alvaro Gil-Robles (1999-2006). ....(>>>)

The Draft Code on Administrative Offences of Georgia was the subject of a discussion in Strasbourg on 27 March between representatives of the Georgian authorities and the Council of Europe and its experts....(>>>)

 A regular regional meeting of the informal Network of Press Councils of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Ukraine was held on 22-23 March in Tbilisi. ....(>>>)

''The so-called ''presidential elections'' that took place on 25th March 2012 in the occupied Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia, cannot be recognised as legitimate. These elections are illegitimate under international law and no legal or constitutional basis for these elections exist...(>>>)

On March 15, 2012 Tbilisi hosted Roberto Olla – Executive Director of Eurimages – Council of Europe Film Support Foundation. The Eurimages director was hosted by Georgian National Film Center...(>>>)

A regular regional meeting of the Network of the Press Councils of six countries will be held on 22-23 March in Tbilisi Marriott hotel.The event is organised in the framework of the European Union-Council of Europe Joint Programme « Promoting Freedom, Professionalism and Pluralism of the Media in the South Caucasus and Moldova 2011-2012 », implemented by the Council of Europe...(>>>)

On 8 March the topic of the Public radio 1 programme - ‘Right and Freedom’, which is a joint project of Public Radio 1 and UN Office in Georgia, was the report on Georgia by the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)...(>>>)

On 16 March 2012, a round table, in which the draft Strategy and Action Plan for the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre will be presented to the Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia, will take place at the Hotel “Sheraton Metekhi Palace” in Tbilisi. ..(>>>)

The monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Kastriot Islami (Albania, SOC), made the following statement in relation to Saturday’s elections in the breakaway region of Abkhazia: ..(>>>)

On 13-15 March 2012, the working group charged with drafting a Strategy and Action Plan for the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre will meet for its fourth meeting at the Kvareli Lake Resort (Georgia). ..(>>>)

Strasbourg, 7 March 2012 -"Promoting equality between women and men must be at the heart of everything we do,” asserted Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland. "We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace unless women acquire the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society," he said. ..(>>>)

A two-day training seminar on the implementation of parole will take place in Bakuriani, at the Hotel “Victoria” on 10-11 March 2012, in the framework of the Denmark’s Georgia Programme 2010-2013 “Promotion of Judicial Reform, Human and Minority Rights”, for newly recruited probation officers of Tbilisi Probation Bureau. ..(>>>)

The Council of Europe today adopted a new strategy to implement fundamental standards to protect and promote children’s rights. It will provide guidance, advice and support to its 47 member states on how best to bridge gaps between standards and practice..(>>>)

Strasbourg, 7 February 2012 - The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has published today its first evaluation report on Georgia. ...(>>>)

A meeting on participation of women in public life will be held in Tbilisi on 7 and 8 of February 2012. It is organised within the framework of the Eastern Partnership Facility, which is financed by the European Union and implemented by the Council of Europe. ...(>>>)

On 7-9 February 2012, the working group charged with drafting a Strategy and Action Plan for the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre will meet for its third meeting at the Kvareli Lake Resort (Georgia). ...(>>>)

In reply to questions by Georgian journalists the Secretary of the Venice Commission, Thomas Markert, noted that the text of the Law on Political Union of Citizens adopted by the Georgian parliament included a number of significant amendments in comparison with the text submitted to the Venice Commission...(>>>)

PACE's Monitoring Committee made public an information note by the co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, Kastriot Islami (Albania, SOC) and Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE), on their fact-finding visit to Tbilisi and Batumi (11 – 14 October 2011).....(>>>)

"I firmly believe that the process of integration into European institutions is the best prevention mechanism against renewed instability and violence," declared Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, supporting the Council of Europe's reform during an address to PACE on Wednesday....(>>>)

Nils Muižnieks (Latvia) was elected third Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights by the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) at its plenary session in Strasbourg. ...(>>>)

A two-day training seminar on the implementation of parole will take place in the premises of the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre on 28-29 January 2012...(>>>)

Jean-Claude Mignon (EPP/CD) from France has just been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). ...(>>>)

A two-day training seminar on the implementation of parole will take place in the premises of the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre on 21-22 January 2012...(>>>)

On 13 January 2012, the working group charged with drafting a Strategy and Action Plan for the Penitentiary and Probation Training Centre met for its second meeting at the Office of the Council of Europe in Georgia...(>>>)