In the second half of 2020, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will elect nine new members at the eighteen session (Conference of States Parties to the Convention). The States Parties shall select and nominate candidates to the Committee in an open and transparent manner. Georgia has nominated Sophie Kiladze, Chair of...
The backsliding of democracy in Georgia over the recent period has come under the spotlight by international organizations and representatives of countries friendly to Georgia. Backing out on the promise to adopt a proportional system, the formation process of the Supreme Court, the ongoing political crisis and the policies of the Government of Georgia...
Concerned that femicide was becoming the social norm in Georgia, Baia Pataraia mobilised a Women’s movement against domestic violence and the murder of women that has grown to 3000 activists on Facebook. HRHF spoke to the chair of Human Rights House Tbilisi, and the director of Sapari about her work, the challenges facing Women Human Rights...
Women’s political participation is one of the cornerstonesof any country’s democratic development. The GeorgianWomen’s Movement and other civil society organizations have been fighting to increase women’s participation in politics for a number of years.Thisincludes advocating for gender quotas. It is unfortunate that during past six years, none...
Today, 27th of March, Union “Sapari”, Human Rights Monitoring and Education Center (EMC) and Partnership for Human Rights (PHR) ...
Today, the conference on “Legal aid and strategic litigation on cases regarding violence against women: Existing practices and challenges” was conducted in Radisson Blue Hotel. The conference was organized by “Sapari” and was supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and East-West Management Institute (EWMI-PROLoG)....
