On 14 May the Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović spoke on “challenges posed to human rights by COVID-19” during the last session of the “Human Rights Talks: Equality Matters” online series held by the Council of Europe Office in Georgia together with the Public Defender’s Office.  

The Commissioner talked about the main challenges raised during the COVID-19 pandemic  underlining the special needs of vulnerable groups.  The Commissioner also focused on  problems related to hate speech, disinformation, and answered questions received from online followers. .

“Human Rights Talks: Equality Matters” online series were held in order to address challenges and risks posed to human rights protection by the corona virus outbreak. The previous online talks covered a wide range of topics including civil activism, access to education, tackling hate speech and disinformation, the role of media in time of crisis and discussions with representatives of minority groups.

The human rights talk with the Commissioner for Human Rights is available online (in English).

For more information:

Council of Europe Office in Georgia Facebook Page

The I Choose Equality Campaign Facebook Page

Human Rights Talks: Equality Matters is organised in the framework of the ‘I Choose Equality’ campaign run by the co-operation project “Fight against Discrimination, Hate Crimes and Hate Speech in Georgia”. The project is implemented under the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for Georgia 2016-2019 with the support of the Danish Neighbourhood Programme in Georgia (DANEP).