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Georgia: Congress Rapporteurs warn of grave threat to local democracy as request to ban major opposition parties under review
Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP/CCE) and Urs Janett (Switzerland, ILDG), Congress co-Rapporteurs on the situation of local democracy in Georgia, have made the following statement: “The...
Georgia: Secretary General Alain Berset calls for safeguarding democracy and political pluralism ahead of opposition ban hearings
Council of Europe to closely follow developments and continue dialogue with Georgia
Commissioner intervenes in ECtHR case on Georgia’s ‘Foreign Agents Registration Act’
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, published today his written comments in the case of Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Others...
Georgia’s willingness to meet Council of Europe standards in question
Parliamentary Assembly points to the country’s “democratic breakdown” in its latest monitoring assessment
Congress to examine the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Georgia
A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, composed of rapporteurs Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP/CCE) and Urs Janett (Switzerland, ILDG) will carry...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) carries out a visit to Georgia
A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to Georgia from 15 to 19 June...
Georgia: democratic backsliding and crackdown on opposition and civil society continue, says Parliamentary Assemblycommittee
The Monitoring Committee has expressed “serious concerns about the democratic breakdown and deep political and social crisis” in Georgia, warning that “the democratic backsliding has continued unabated as has the crackdown on civil society, political opposition and dissent”. In a draft resolution...
Georgia: Commissioner O’Flaherty calls for law enforcement accountability, repeal of restrictive ‘foreign influence’ laws and sustained support for the human rights of internally displaced persons
Following his visit to Georgia from 14 to 15 April 2026, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, issued the following end-of-visit statement, which should be considered in conjunction with his previous interventions...
Council of Europe Congress reports local democracy in Georgia in jeopardy
Rebuilding of genuine local democracy and reducing polarisation among priorities
Congress 50th session: new leadership, Ukraine’s reconstruction, local democracy in Georgia, integrity of local elections, violence against elected officials and social rights at local level
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will hold its 50th session from 31 March to 2 April 2026 in Strasbourg, France. It will welcome new national delegations with a five-year mandate, elect its new leadership and adopt its priorities for 2026-2031. The session’s...
Georgia and Greece passed problematic laws for NGOs, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law
The Expert Council on NGO Law, an expert body of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, has just published two opinions on recent legal changes introduced in Georgia earlier this...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) publishes report on its 2024/2025 visit to Georgia
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published a report today on its periodic visit to Georgia, carried out from 18 to 29...
Georgia: Police ill-treatment during late-2024 protests, lack of effective investigation, prison conditions highlighted
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee report
Georgian Parliament should reject amendments stifling civil society
Statement - “I am concerned by the proposed amendments to seven different laws, which if adopted, would impose significant restrictions on civil society organisations. These proposals are...
Money laundering and terrorist financing reports on Georgia, Montenegro, Poland and Slovakia
Follow-up reports issued by the Council of Europe’s MONEYVAL
Commissioner calls for effective investigations into alleged police violence during 2024 protests in Georgia
Letter - Protesters in the streets of Tbilisi in November 2024 In a letter published today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, expressed concerns to...
Parliamentary Assembly monitors for Georgia call for an immediate end to politically motivated legal actions against opposition parties and their leadership
Following their visit to Georgia from 10 to 12 November 2025, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC) and Sabina Cudic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, ALDE), urged the authorities to fully implement the...
Implementation by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia of ECRI priority recommendations
Work outstanding regarding majority of Council of Europe’s anti-racism body’s priority recommendations to three states
Parliamentary Assembly Georgia monitors deeply concerned by the ruling majority's appeal to the Constitutional Court to ban three key opposition parties
The PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC) and Sabina Ćudić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, ALDE), have expressed their deep concern at the ruling majority's decision to appeal to the Constitutional Court to ban three of the four democratic opposition parties. "As...
Commissioner O’Flaherty intervenes in ECtHR case on Georgia’s ‘Foreign influence’ law
Third party intervention - Commissioner O’Flaherty published today his written observations in the case of Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Others v. Georgia, currently pending before the...
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