The Council of Europe Office in Georgia organised a training for the representatives of the courts on data collection on discrimination, hate crimes and hate speech according to the European standards. The meeting aimed at increasingthe capacity of the court staff.

The court assistants from Tbilisi and the regions of Georgia attended the meeting. The training module covered topics such as the importance of data collection on discrimination, crimes committed on the grounds of discrimination / intolerance / hate speech and hate crimes; obligations to investigate hate crimes under the latest case law of the European Court of Human Rights; the main definitions; review of the recent European Court of Human Rights judgements against Georgia and analysis of identified systemic problems.

This activity is supported by the Council of Europe 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 2020-2023 with the support of the Danish Neighbourhood Programme in Georgia (DANEP).