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UN HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER UNHAPPY ABOUT SELECTIVE APPROACH TOWARDS RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN GEORGIA - VIDEO
On May 18-22, 2014 the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner,
Navi Pillay, visited Georgia. During her visit she met the President,
Prime Minister, and Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Internal
Affairs, among others. The aim of the High Commissioner's visit was
to discuss the human rights situation in Georgia. On May 21 Levon
Isakhanyan, the Head of the Legal Department of the Armenian Diocese
in Georgia, informed the Commissioner about the discrimination in
the field of restitution of property confiscated from religious
minorities during the Soviet era. In response the Commissioner
stressed that she was very unhappy about the selective approach towards
religious minorities in Georgia and urged authorities to honor their
international obligations. She further stressed the importance of
implementing the anti-discriminatory provisions which exist in the
Georgian Constitution.
http://www.ardzagank.ge/en/5/191-04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQ8IeWddFs
On May 18-22, 2014 the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner,
Navi Pillay, visited Georgia. During her visit she met the President,
Prime Minister, and Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Internal
Affairs, among others. The aim of the High Commissioner's visit was
to discuss the human rights situation in Georgia. On May 21 Levon
Isakhanyan, the Head of the Legal Department of the Armenian Diocese
in Georgia, informed the Commissioner about the discrimination in
the field of restitution of property confiscated from religious
minorities during the Soviet era. In response the Commissioner
stressed that she was very unhappy about the selective approach towards
religious minorities in Georgia and urged authorities to honor their
international obligations. She further stressed the importance of
implementing the anti-discriminatory provisions which exist in the
Georgian Constitution.
http://www.ardzagank.ge/en/5/191-04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQ8IeWddFs