Why is the Human Rights Council intent on ignoring human rights abuses in the occupied regions of Georgia, and what might Georgia do to strengthen international scrutiny?

by Marc Limon, Executive Director of the Universal Rights Group and Ana Botchoidze, Intern, Universal Rights Group Blog, Blog

Since 2017, Georgia has tabled resolutions under agenda item 10 of the Human Rights Council with the aim of increasing international scrutiny of the human rights situation in the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, occupied by Russia since 1991-1993. Today, however, OHCHR reporting mandated through those resolutions, as well as Council debates held in response to the reports, …