Programme News: Promoting the Effective Protection of Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia
In the years 2021-22, the enhancement of hate crime investigations was notably facilitated through the assistance of the Council of Europe
The Council of Europe's Office in Georgia successfully concluded the “Promoting the Effective Protection of Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia” project. Throughout its duration, the project actively collaborated with various state authorities, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs of...
Fifth Equality Week is celebrated in Georgia
The Council of Europe Office in Georgia is proud to announce the 5th annual Equality Week 2023. Held around the International Day for Tolerance marked on 16 November, the Equality Week seeks to amplify awareness of the significance of diversity and equality, promote inclusivity, while also...
Resource Officers of Education Institutions Strengthen Human Rights Education through ongoing Training
The Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions continues to educate their trainers in the field of Human Rights Education. With the support of Council of Europe Office in Georgia, the trainings were carried out in 2 stages on October 15-17 and October 18-20. 28 Resource officers,...
Law-enforcement and the Judiciary Continue Collaboration to Combat Hate Crimes
On 12-13 October 2023, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia supported the joint working meeting of the representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Special Investigation Service, the Supreme and other courts to discuss the main tendencies...
Empowering Civil Society Organisations: Enhancing Understanding Of and Action Against Discrimination
The Council of Europe Office in Georgia together with the Coalition for Equality organised a training on the prohibition of discrimination for the community and civil society organisations (CSOs) from various regions of Georgia. The main aim of the training was to inform the representatives of...
Promoting Inclusive Reporting
The Council of Europe and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the "Rule of Law Center" organised a training on discrimination issues for media representatives in Georgia. The aim of the training was to empower media representatives in Georgia to address...
Equality Ambassadors designed new initiatives for their communities
The Equality Ambassadors held a two-day meeting in Borjomi to discuss their upcoming initiatives, plans and ways to overcome challenges within their activities. During the meeting, they met with the representatives of the Public Defender’s Office in Georgia, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry...
The Council of Europe and Tbilisi Open Air Came Together Again for Human Rights
For the third time, the Council of Europe and Open Air Festival collaborated to promote human rights at one of the most vibrant and popular music events in Georgia on 23-25 June. Teams of four projects of the Council of Europe have joined forces to showcase the activities at the “Human Rights...
Resource Officers of Education Institutions have become qualified human rights educators
The Council of Europe office in Georgia continues supporting the implementation of the Training of Trainers on Human Rights Education for the resource officers of Educational Institutions. The trainings were carried out in 2 stages on June 18-22 and June 26-28. Within the framework of the...
Interagency cooperation on data collection and analysis of hate crimes continues
The Council of Europe Office in Georgia supported a working meeting on July 4, 2023, to discuss amendments to the memorandum on data collection regarding hate crimes and analyse the unified report of statistics. The meeting gathered representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs,...
Training of Trainers on Human Rights Education – New training course of the Council of Europe for the Training Center of Justice of Georgia
On 3-4 June 2023, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia together with the Training Center of Justice of Georgia launched the training course on human rights education methods in equality and non-discrimination for the trainers of the Training Center. During the training, participants were...
Working together to improve data collection on hate crimes in line with standards of the European Convention on Human Rights
The capacity building for court representatives who came from east and south parts of Georgia took place on 30-31 May 2023 in Borjomi as part of a series of recuring trainings (February 2023, July 2022, October 2021, July 2021, December 2019 and others). The participants learned about the...
The Intellectual Game on Equality – inspiring diversity awareness among school students
To mark the International Day for Protection of Children, a thought provoking event on children's rights and equality took place at the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. The event was organised with the support of the Council of Europe facilitated by the Office of Resource Officers of...
Sharing Norway’s experience on countering hate crime, hate speech and discrimination
From 25 to 27 April the Council of Europe together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway organised a study visit of a delegation of Georgian officials and NGOs representatives to Norway. Among the topics discussed during the visit were the legal and policy framework to respond, collect...
Retail shops in Georgia learn about anti-discrimination standards
The Council of Europe is dedicated to supporting the business sector in taking action to address discrimination and promote equality and diversity. The Public Defender’s Office, being the main actor within its mandate to issue recommendations and decisions for the business sector regarding the...
Advancing the Cooperation on Hate Crime Data Analysis
The Council of Europe supported a working meeting to plan the format and methodology of hate crime data analysis in Georgia on 30-31 March 2023, gathering representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor’s Office, Special Investigative Service, Court and National Statistics Office....
The project “Promoting the Effective Protection of Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia” progress reviewed, and future activities planned at its Steering Committee
The second Steering Committee meeting of the project “Promoting the Effective Protection of Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia” was held in Tbilisi on 15 March 2023 to assess the progress of the project and agree on the upcoming priorities under the project. The members of the Steering...
Step Forward to Improve Data Collection on Hate Crimes in line with ECHR standards
The capacity building for the Assistant Judges on European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) standards and the respective case law on discrimination, hate crimes and hate speech including relevant data collection, continues with a training for court representatives from western Georgia which took...
Representatives of MIA enhanced their knowledge on ECHR caselaw and challenges of investigating hate crime cases
Together with the Department of Human Rights Protection and Investigation Quality Monitoring of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia held a working meeting with the managers of the police units to discuss the current issues of combating discrimination, hate...
The representatives of the banking sector were trained on equality issues
Together with the Public Defender’s Office, the National Bank of Georgia and the Banking Association of Georgia, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia conducted a training on right to equality and prevention of discrimination in private sector for the representatives of banking sector operating...
