Title Georgia: Summary of Amnesty International's concerns
Publisher Amnesty International
Publication Date 1 October 1996
Country Georgia
Topics Arbitrary arrest and detention | Constitutional law | Death penalty | Extrajudicial executions | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Persecution based on political opinion | Police | Pre-trial detention | Return conditions
Citation / Document Symbol EUR 56/004/1996
Reference Amnesty International is a worldwide voluntary movement that works to prevent some of the gravest violations by governments of people's fundamental human rights. The main focus of its campaigning is to: free all prisoners of conscience people detained an
Cite as Amnesty International, Georgia: Summary of Amnesty International's concerns, 1 October 1996, EUR 56/004/1996, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a98912.html [accessed 7 June 2023]
Comments Since Georgia achieved its independence following the break-up of the Soviet Union, the country has moved gradually towards building democratic institutions and reforming its judicial and legal systems. It has become a party to a number of important international standards in the field of human rights, and in 1995 a new Constitution including basic rights and freedoms was adopted. This specified the creation of a Constitutional Court, and a new post of Public Defender to monitor the defence of individual rights and freedoms. Amnesty International welcomes these advances and acknowledges that they have been made against a background, especially in the early years of independence, of severe economic dislocation and armed hostilities in parts of the country. Amnesty International remains concerned, however, that some of the guarantees and laws adopted to protect human rights are not fully implemented or observed. Within its remit Amnesty International is particularly concerned about allegations of unfair trials in political cases; the continued use of torture and ill-treatment in detention; and the continued use of the death penalty. In addition Amnesty International is concerned about various aspects of the situation in the disputed region of Abkhazia, the majority of which currently lies outside the de facto control of the Georgian authorities. This document presents a summary of these concerns, and includes Amnesty International's recommendations.
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