Human Rights Index

Committee against Torture

A/56/44(SUPP) (CAT, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) problems and difficulties faced by State owing to secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia following independence and resulting internal and external mass displacement of large number of population, which has created increased risk of human rights violations in that part of territory	Georgia	4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment	general internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 80 A/56/44(SUPP) (CAT, 2001)

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CERD/C/304/ADD.120 (CERD, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) Georgia has been confronted with ethnic and political conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia since independence; due to lack of governmental authority, State has difficulty in exercising jurisdiction with regard to protection of human rights and implementation of ICERD in those regions	Georgia	4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society 9 - Racial discrimination	general
	Paragraph(s) 3 CERD/C/304/ADD.120 (CERD, 2001)
	in addition, situations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia resulted in discrimination against people of different ethnic origins, including large number of internally displaced persons and refugees; on repeated occasions, attention has been drawn to obstruction by Abkhaz authorities of voluntary return of displaced populations, and several recommendations have been issued by Security Council to facilitate free movement of refugees and internally displaced persons	Georgia	9 - Racial discrimination 19 - Right to freedom of movement	internally displaced persons minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups refugees and asylum-seekers
	Paragraph(s) 4 CERD/C/304/ADD.120 (CERD, 2001)
	w) notwithstanding difficulties resulting from conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and challenges linked to period of political transition, State has made important progress in area of legislative reform	Georgia	4.1 - Legal framework 9 - Racial discrimination	general
	Paragraph(s) 5 CERD/C/304/ADD.120 (CERD, 2001)

CERD/C/GEO/CO/3 (CERD, 2005)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) Georgia has been confronted with ethnic and political conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia since independence n) due to lack of governmental authority, State has difficulty in exercising jurisdiction with regard to protection of human rights and implementation of ICERD in those regions	Georgia	4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society 9 - Racial discrimination	general
	Paragraph(s) 4 CERD/C/GEO/CO/3 (CERD, 2005)
	n) conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia resulted in discrimination against people of different ethnic origins, including large number of internally displaced persons and refugees n) several recommendations have been issued by Security Council to facilitate free movement of refugees and internally displaced persons	Georgia	4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society 9 - Racial discrimination	internally displaced persons minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups refugees and asylum-seekers
	Paragraph(s) 5 CERD/C/GEO/CO/3 (CERD, 2005)

Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC/C/15/ADD.124 (CRC, 2000)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	c) insufficient efforts made to guarantee and protect rights of children living in conflict areas including in South Ossetia and Abkhazia (especially in Gali district) c) significant number of landmines still in State especially in western regions along border zones c) insufficient efforts made to locate and clear these landmines and to protect children in this regard c) inadequate programmes to facilitate care and rehabilitation of child victims of landmines; insufficient efforts to raise awareness and prevent accidents involving children and landmines	Georgia	6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 35.5 - Children in armed conflict	children persons affected by armed conflict
	Paragraph(s) 58 CRC/C/15/ADD.124 (CRC, 2000)

CRC/C/15/ADD.222 (CRC, 2003)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) Georgia prone to natural disasters (last earthquake 2002) and is experiencing serious socio-economic problems due, inter alia, to transition to a market-oriented economy n) ethnic and political conflicts (regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia), create serious obstacles in exercising jurisdiction with regard to implementation of CRC in those regions	Georgia	4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society	children general
	Paragraph(s) 4 CRC/C/15/ADD.222 (CRC, 2003)

CRC/C/GEO/CO/3 (CRC, 2008)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) de facto lack of control by the State party over Abkhazia and South Ossetia/Tskhinvali region is a serious obstacle for the State party in the implementation of CRC in those regions	Georgia	4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society	children persons affected by armed conflict
	Paragraph(s) 5 CRC/C/GEO/CO/3 (CRC, 2008)

Human Rights Committee

CCPR/C/GEO/CO/3 (HRC, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) continue to take all possible measures, without discrimination, to enhance protection under the Covenant for the population of these regions by the Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia de facto authorities r) ensure that international agencies are able to operate without obstacles	Georgia	4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society	general
	Paragraph(s) 6 CCPR/C/GEO/CO/3 (HRC, 2007)
	n) difficulties expressed by the State party in implementing the Covenant in the Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, and positive steps taken to ensure protection of the rights under the Covenant of persons living in territories presently not under its control, including encouraging United Nations special procedures mechanisms invited to Georgia to visit such territories and engage in dialogue with de facto authorities c) the populations concerned do not fully enjoy the Covenant provisions (arts. 1 and 2)	Georgia	4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society	general
	Paragraph(s) 6 CCPR/C/GEO/CO/3 (HRC, 2007)

Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons

E/CN.4/2006/71/Add.7 (RSG IDPs, 2006)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	> persons displaced by past conflicts in Abkhazia, Georgia, have right to return voluntarily to their former homes in safety and dignity > sustainable return to Gali district is largely obstructed by administrative measures directed against returnees, attacks and harassment, as well as widespread impunity for perpetrators c) difficulties which "Law of the Republic of Abkhazia on Citizenship of the Republic of Abkhazia" may create for returnees unwilling to accept Abkhaz "citizenship" even if it were not imposed on them and has no international significance c) reports of restrictions of use of Georgian language in schools on Abkhaz side of ceasefire line, which has detrimental effects on sustained provision and quality of education	Georgia	6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 14.3 - Liberty & security of person 19 - Right to freedom of movement 31 - Right to education 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	children internally displaced persons minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups persons affected by armed conflict
	Paragraph(s) 48 E/CN.4/2006/71/Add.7 (RSG IDPs, 2006)
	to Abkhaz de facto authorities: r) allow persons displaced from Abkhazia to return to their homes in Gali district and elsewhere in territory under their control r) refrain from adopting measures incompatible with right to return and with relevant international and European human rights standards, and which would endanger sustainability of returns; such measures include imposing Abkhaz "citizenship" on returnees, disproportionately disadvantaging returnees not willing to give up their Georgian citizenship, as well as diminishing their civil rights or creating administrative obstacles	Georgia	19 - Right to freedom of movement 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons persons affected by armed conflict
	Paragraph(s) 49 E/CN.4/2006/71/Add.7 (RSG IDPs, 2006)

Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment

E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3 (SR Torture, 2005)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	Territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia > many of above recommendations apply, mutatis mutandis, to de facto authorities in territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, especially those in relation to conditions of detention r) with particular reference to Abkhazia, death penalty be abolished	Georgia	11.3 - Death penalty 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment 12.2 - Conditions of detention	general persons deprived of their liberty
	Paragraph(s) 61 E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3 (SR Torture, 2005)