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Topics in Focus for Georgia
04.01.2008 - Do you lack time to conduct an extensive research? Are you looking for a quick overview on a specific issue? The Topics & Issues file offers thematically structured information on several asylum-relevant matters.
03.04.2008 - Source:
European Commission
"ENP Progress Report: Georgia [SEC(2008) 393]"
Progress report on the European Neighbourhood Policy (political dialogue and reform, justice, freedom, security, economic and social reform, education and health) [ID 94701]
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11.03.2008 - Source:US Department of State
"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007"
Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007 [ID 93261]
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31.01.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch
"World Report 2008"
Annual report on human rights situation in 2007 [ID 91006]
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2008 - Source:Human Rights Centre
"A Flickering Beacon of Democracy, Human Rights in Georgia in 2007"
Annual report on human rights situation in Georgia (November events; presidential elections; forced evictions; penitentiary system; military situation; freedom of expression; Children's rights; rights of Chechen refugees) [ID 93064]
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27.11.2007 - Source:Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
"Extraordinary Presidential Election on 5 January 2008, OSCE/ODIHR needs assessment mission report"
Preliminary report on extraordinary presidential election on 5 January 2008 (political context, election administration, voter and candidate registration, media, observers) [ID 87349]
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08.11.2007 - Source:Guardian
"State of emergency in Georgia"
President Saakashvili announces 15-day state of emergency as violent protests against him spark clashes with police; at least 500 wounded; tear gas and water cannons in use; state forces take independent TV stations off air; government claims measures necessary to avoid a coup [ID 85557]
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08.11.2007 - Source:Guardian
"Georgia president calls election"
President Mikhail Saakashvili calls for early elections; elections will be held in January 2008 instead of late 2008; police units patrol streets of Tbilisi in order to secure state of emergency [ID 85584]
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30.10.2007 - Source:Amnesty International 
"Briefing to the United Nations Human Rights Committee [EUR 56/008/2007]"
Briefing to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (Domestic violence against women, lethal use of firearms by police and prison officials, failure of independent investigations, torture or inhuman treatment, impunity for crimes) [ID 85023]
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25.10.2007 - Source:Council of Europe - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
"Report to the Georgian Government on the visit to Georgia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 21 March to 2 April 2007 [CPT/Inf (2007) 42]"
Report on prison conditions, labour, health, social affairs and education [ID 85829]
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15.10.2007 - Source:International Federation for Human Rights
"Human Rights violations in Georgia"
Report on the human rights situation (repression of the opposition, independence of the judiciary, right to a fair trial, torture and inhumane and degrading treatment, freedom of expression, minorities, refugees and IDPs, conscription, children's rights, right to private property); conclusion that general human rights situation declines [ID 83976]
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11.10.2007 - Source:Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (formerly Global IDP Project)
"New IDP strategy awaits implementation; a profile of the internal displacement situation"
Report on internal displacement (background, causes, patterns), physical security, freedom of movement, subsistence needs (health, nutrition and shelter), patterns of return/resettlement and humanitarian access [ID 83623]
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14.09.2007 - Source:US Department of State
"International Religious Freedom Report 2007"
International Religious Freedom Report 2007 [ID 81831]
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09.2007 - Source:Human Rights Watch
"Undue Punishment - Abuses against Prisoners in Georgia"
Report on the Georgian prison system (conditions in prisons, treatment of prisoners, hygiene, nutrition, medical care, access to lawyers, information and families) [ID 84695]
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08.2007 - Source:Human Rights Centre
"Violence against children" , Author: OMCT, PHMDF, HRIDC
Report on violence against children in Georgia: Overview of children’s situation, protection from all forms of violence, from sexual exploitation and sexual violence, from torture, abduction, sale and trafficking of children [ID 90040]
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07.06.2007 - Source:International Crisis Group
"Georgia's South Ossetia Conflict: Make Haste Slowly"
South Ossetia: Report on current situation (competing governments, stalled negotiations, security, economic rehabilitation) [ID 76077]
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06.2007 - Source:Freedom House
"Freedom in the World 2007"
Abkhazia: Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2006 [ID 77565]
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06.2007 - Source:Freedom House
"Nations in Transit 2007"
Report on democratisation (electoral process, civil society, independent media, governance) and rule of law (corruption) [ID 77591]
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06.2007 - Source:Freedom House
"Freedom in the World 2007"
Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2006 [ID 77682]
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23.05.2007 - Source:Amnesty International
"Annual Report 2007"
Annual Report 2007 (covering 2006) [ID 74898]
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14.05.2007 - Source:Child Rights Information Network
"Analysis of the juvenile justice system in Georgia" , Author: UNICEF Georgia
Report on the juvenile justice system (international treaties, instruments, the criminal process for children aged 14-18, arrest and detention of juvenile offenders, pre-trial detention and sentencing) [ID 74404]
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02.05.2007 - Source:Freedom House
"Freedom of the Press 2007"
Annual report on press freedom (covering 2006) [ID 89544]
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05.2007 - Source:US Commission on International Religious Freedom
"Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom"
Annual report on religious freedom 2007 [ID 74745]
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13.04.2007 - Source:Civil Georgia
"UN Security Council Adopts Resolution on Abkhazia"
Abkhazia: UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling on the Georgian side to ensure that the situation in the upper Kodori Gorge was in line with the 1994 Moscow agreement on ceasefire; also extended the UNOMIG-mandate for another 6 months [ID 72487]
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04.2007 - Source:European Centre for Minority Issues
"Javakheti after the Rose Revolution: Progress and Regress in the Pursuit of National Unity in Georgia"
Report on Javakheti region, densely inhabited by Armenian minority (Socio-economic situation; different actors in Javakheti; inconsistent integration policies; initiatives for creating 'national unity'; disputed issues of history, demography and autonomy) [ID 74117]
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27.03.2007 - Source:International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
"Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2007 (Events of 2006)"
Annual report on human rights violations 2007 (events 2006) [ID 71025]
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