The Council of Europe and European Union in co-operation with Legal Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia are organizing workshop on “Effective parliamentary oversight on execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by the government”
The workshop will bring together the high-level representatives of the Government, the Parliament and Judiciary.
Mr. Cristian Urse, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, Ms. Tamar Chugoshvili, Vice President of the Parliament of Georgia, Ms. Nino Gvenetadze Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Georgia and Ms. Eka Beselia, Head of the Legal Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia will address opening remarks to the participants.
Speakers from the executive, legislative and judiciary field will discuss the role of the state in the process of a full, effective and prompt execution of the ECtHR judgements and overview the state of execution of judgments against Georgia. At the same time representative of the Department for the execution of judgements of the ECtHR, CoE will inform participants on working methods of the Committee of Ministers for supervision of the execution of the ECtHR judgments and importance of effective data collection and coordination between state agencies.
The event will be organised in the framework of the European Union – Council of Europe joint project “Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and harmonisation of national legislation and judicial practice in Georgia in line with European standards”, within the EU-CoE Partnership for Good Governance.
Journalists are invited attend:
Saturday, 1 July 2017, 9:30 am, Hotel Radisson Blu Iveria. Address: 1 Rose Revolution Square, Tbilisi, Georgia
For press queries contact:
Mr Giorgi Giorgadze, Council of Europe Office in Georgia, giorgi.giorgadze@coe.int