The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hear the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on Georgia on July 2 during its 62nd session in Geneva.
According to the session agenda, the report was mandated by a resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council in October last year. It will be presented by Maarit Kohonen Sheriff, Director of the Global Operations Department at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
The report reviews the technical assistance provided by OHCHR between January 1 and December 31, 2025, aimed at strengthening the protection and promotion of human rights in Georgia. It highlights key human rights developments during the reporting period, identifies ongoing challenges, and provides updated information on the human rights situation in Abkhazia, the Tskhinvali region, and adjacent areas under Tbilisi’s control.
According to the report, OHCHR recommends that the Georgian government take concrete measures to protect and facilitate the right to peaceful assembly and respond to allegations of serious human rights violations documented in a previous OHCHR report covering the period from June 1, 2023, to December 31, 2024.
The recommendations specifically refer to allegations of arbitrary detention of protesters and the unnecessary or disproportionate use of force against journalists and media representatives during public demonstrations. OHCHR also urges the government to conduct prompt, independent, and thorough investigations into these allegations, ensure accountability, and guarantee due process, fair trial rights, and judicial review.
In addition, the report recommends that Georgia review amendments adopted in 2025 to the laws on broadcasting, grants, assemblies and demonstrations, the Criminal Code, and the Code of Administrative Offences to ensure compliance with international human rights standards. It also calls on the government to strengthen efforts to combat gender-based discrimination and violence, promote gender equality in political representation, and restore an enabling environment for civil society by ensuring that restrictions on foreign funding for non-governmental organizations and broadcasters remain necessary, proportionate, and consistent with international human rights obligations.
Separately, on July 1, Marika Mikiashvili, a member of the opposition party Droa, is scheduled to address a side event of the Council as a rapporteur for Liberal International, where she will deliver a brief statement on what she describes as the deteriorating human rights situation in Georgia.
