Georgia
Georgia
Europe
Endorsements
Endorsed in 2015
Endorsed
Endorsed
Endorsed
Relevant UN Resolutions
GCPEA Education Under Attack
Other GCPEA Publications
Other Important Information
Memberships in International Regional Organizations
Peacekeeping
Key Information
Key information about the country.
Advocacy Engagements
Engagements with this state or any other relevant information that can support advocacy.
March 2017: Attended Buenos Aires Conference on Safe Schools. Wrote email in follow up.
September 2017 UNSC: GCPEA sent a letter to the ambassador in New York asking to raise the issue on attacks and military use, draw attention to the Declaration and the Guidelines during the Open Debate on children and armed conflict.
April 2018: GCPEA met with the Mission of Georgia in Geneva to discuss implementation, share the framework for action, and highlight the Spain conference as a goal for achieving progress on implementation.
May 2018: The Deputy Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a meeting with GCPEA (Zama) to draw attention to human rights violations in Russian-occupied regions of Georgia. They referred to prohibitions on teaching and learning in Georgian and the effect this has on children’s education. GCPEA thanked Georgia for endorsing the Declaration and asked them to raise it with other countries, especially Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine.
July 2018: Co-sponsored resolution 2427 (2018).
March 2019: attended GCPEA side-event on “Better Protecting Women and Girls from Attacks on Education” in Geneva.
March 2019: Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the SRSG Ms. Virginia Gamba, HRC Geneva:Georgia stated that the situation in Tskhinvali region has worsened since January 2019 and school children are not allowed to cross the occupation line to attend school.
March 2019: Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the SRSG CAAC Virginia Gamba, HRC Geneva: joined Norway’s joint statement on the Safe Schools Declaration.
May 2019: Participated in the Third International Conference in Palma.
October 2019: In its review session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child noted that it was a “positive aspect” that Georgia endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration “thereby committing itself to using the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict”.
October 2021: cosponsored UNSRC2601.
December 2021: Positive statement in arria formula meeting on the protection of education during armed conflict citing the SSD. “In this context, let me highlight the importance of joint endeavours and initiatives such as the Safe Schools Declaration and Vancouver Principles”
September 2022 Transforming Education Summit: Georgia committed “to strengthen prevention and response mechanism to any forms of violence at the school level, online, and in emergency settings by scaling up evidence-based prevention approaches.”
November 2022: Endorsed the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas (EWIPA) on 18 November during an International Conference hosted by Ireland, the leader and penholder behind the Declaration.
UN Standards
Good Practice
What, if anything, the country has done to protect education and/or implement any of the 8 commitments outlined in the Declaration.
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During the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict, military observers monitoring the ceasefire agreement often overlooked school language policies and human rights and security issues. In response, human rights monitors from the UN peacekeeping presence briefed UN military observers on local human rights issues, including education, which led to improved understanding and reporting of school language issues. Monitors began including information on school language issues and related violations in their Situation Reports, eventually leading to the school language-related tensions being addressed at the military level and in political reporting up to the Special Representative of the UN-Secretary-General, which allowed for advocacy with Georgian and Abkhazian authorities.
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Relevant Contacts
Contact information of the representatives of Permanent Missions, national Ministries, and focal points for the State-led Implementation Network.
General Email(s):
geomission.geneva@mfa.gov.ge
Other Contacts:
Ms Ana Gurgenidze agurgenidze@mfa.gov.ge Counsellor in charge of Human Rights
Ekaterine Khositashvili,
Counsellor
ekhositashvili@mfa.gov.ge
General Email(s):
geomission.un@mfa.gov.ge
Other Contacts:
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abaramia@mes.gov.ge
Ana Baramia
Head of the Division for EU Integration and Relations w/ IOs Ministry of Education and Science (MoE)
Location: Georgia
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