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Strasbourg, 30 May 2012 ACFC/SR/II(2012)001 Strasbourg, 30 May 2012 ACFC/SR/II(2012)001 SECOND REPORT SUBMITTED BY GEORGIA PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 25, PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES Received on 30 May 2012 Second Report of the Government of Georgia SUBMITTED UNDER ARTICLE 25, PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES This is the second report of the Government of Georgia submitted under Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The report contains information on the legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures carried out by Georgia since the submission of its first state report on the 1st March 2007 which give effect to the provisions of the Convention. For the purposes of preparation of the present report the interagency working group was created by the Civic Integration and Tolerance Council under the President of Georgia on July 4, 2011. The key task of the group was to coordinate drafting process between different state agencies1 and ensure involvement of minority representatives in preparation process. Special training seminar to enhance capacity in drafting the present report was organized by the Office of the National Security Council in cooperation with the European Center for Minority Issues and the Council of Europe on 12-13 September 2011. The seminar participants were government officials, members of civil society and international organizations. It was the first seminar organized by a State Party to FCNM, the purpose of which was to consult in advance with representatives of the Advisory Committee (AC). To ensure the involvement of the civil society representatives, two NGOs2 were invited to the working group to contribute to the drafting process. To provide even more inclusive engagement of minority organizations two other forms of cooperation were developed: a) direct consultations with regional and Tbilisi based NGOs, the Councils of Ethnic and Religious Minorities under the 1 The Office of the National Security Council of Georgia, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Ministry of Internal Affairs, The Office of the State Minister on Reintegration, The Ministry of Education and Science, The Ministry of Forcefully Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Refugees and Accommodation of Georgia, The Ministry of Justice, The Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure, The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, The Ministry of Culture and Monuments protection, The National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia. The representatives of the Public Defender Office and of the Public Broadcaster were invited in the group. 2 The United Nations Association of Georgia (UNAG- www.una.ge)) and Civic Development Agency (CIDA- www.cida.ge). 1 Public Defender Office3 and b) written electronic submissions provided by the interested parties via web portal www.diversity.ge4. The report covers information from 01 March 2007 to 01 May 2012 and is presented in two parts: the first one depicts general development on implementation of the Convention, while the second gives detailed information pursuant to the Convention’s relevant articles. Table of Contents 3 Meeting of the drafting group with NGOs from Kvemo Kartli and Ethnic and Religious Minority Councils under the Ombudsman’s Office of Georgia, 17 February 2012. Round-table discussion with representatives of NGOs in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, February 8. 4 http://diversity.ge/eng/news.php?id=321 2 Part I ............................................................................................................................... 3 General information ...................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3 Historical Background .................................................................................................. 3 Demographic Information ............................................................................................. 3 General Economic Indicators ....................................................................................... 3 Legal Status of International Treaties in the Georgian Legislation .......................... 3 Unitary character of the State and major constitutional provisions ......................... 3 Protection of minorities under the national legal system .......................................... 3 The National Concept for Tolerance and Civic Integration and the Action Plan ..... 3 State institutions and other specialized bodies combating discrimination ............. 3 Promotion measures in relation with the Convention ............................................... 3 Application of the Convention in the Occupied Territories of Georgia .................... 3 Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Territories of Georgia .............................. 3 Part II .............................................................................................................................. 3 INFORMATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION BY ARTICLES 3 Article 1 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Article 3 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Article 4. ...................................................................................................................... 3 Article 5 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Article 6 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Article 7 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Article 8 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Article 9 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Article 10 ..................................................................................................................... 4 3 Article 11 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Article 12 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Article 13 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Article 14 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Article 15 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Article 16 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Article 17 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Article 18 ..................................................................................................................... 4 Annex 1 .......................................................................................................................... 4 Annex 2 .......................................................................................................................... 4 Annex 3 .......................................................................................................................... 4 Annex 4 .......................................................................................................................... 4 Part I 4 General information Introduction 1. The Government of Georgia attaches great importance to the protection of national minorities. The Constitution of Georgia guarantees the rights of persons belonging to national minorities and their full equality in social, economic, cultural and political life. Since, the “Rose Revolution”, full integration of minorities remains important priority of the Government of Georgia. Following the ratification of the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on 13 October 2005, the Government of Georgia started to work on elaboration of the comprehensive state policy in the field of civil integration and protection of minority rights. On 8 May 2009 the Government of Georgia adopted the National Concept and Action Plan for Tolerance and Civil Integration (NCAP). 2. The actions taken by the Government in connection with the protection of national minorities have proved to be effective as demonstrated by the latest research by the Civil Development Agency (CIDA) carried out in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions that are predominantly populated by the ethnic minorities.5 According to the research: • Georgia was named as the motherland by 74.5% of non Georgian respondents; • 83.9% of respondents from Samtskhe-Javakheti and 89.1% of respondents from Kvemo Kartli associate the future of their families after 5 years with Georgia. • Income of the 89.9% and 69.4% of interviewed respondents in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe- Javakheti regions respectively
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