Summary

In its resolution 34/37, the Human Rights Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide technical assistance through his presence in Tbilisi, and to present a written report on developments relating to and the implementation of the resolution at its thirty-sixth session.

The present report describes technical assistance efforts by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights in Georgia, while noting the challenges that need to be addressed through concrete measures.

Another key element of the resolution was the Council’s call for immediate access for OHCHR and international and regional human rights mechanisms to Abkhazia, Georgia, and to the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia. No such access has been granted to OHCHR or to United Nations human rights mechanisms.