Khatuna Totladze presents to the Parliament a document reflecting Georgia’s position on the state of human rights protection in Georgia

At the session of the Parliament’s Human Rights Protection and Civil Integration Committee, Khatuna Totladze, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, introduced the document outlining Georgia’s position regarding the recommendations addressed to the country as a result of the review of Georgia’s 2025 National Report on the state of human rights protection under the fourth cycle of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

On 26 January 2026, in Geneva, Georgia’s National Report on the state of human rights protection in the country was reviewed within the fourth cycle of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

The recommendations submitted to Georgia were adopted at the 30 January 2026 session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Representatives of 106 UN Member States participated in the consideration of Georgia’s report. In total, Georgia received 307 recommendations.

At the session of the Parliament’s Human Rights Protection and Civil Integration Committee, Khatuna Totladze noted that the aforementioned recommendations were duly assessed with the involvement of all branches of government, with the aim of consolidating Georgia’s final position on each recommendation, including determining which recommendations the country supports and which it notes.

As a result of this process, Georgia expressed support for 159 recommendations. Georgia notes, i. e. does not support 148 recommendations, including those submitted by the Russian Federation, in light of its illegal occupation of Georgian territories and support for the occupation regimes. Georgia also notes recommendations put forward by states that support the Russian Federation’s illegal occupation of Georgia’s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions through recognition of their so-called “independence,” which constitutes a flagrant violation of the fundamental norms and principles of international law.

It is noteworthy that the committee hearing was attended by representatives of the relevant state institutions that participated in the preparation of the document reflecting Georgia’s position.

Following the presentation of the document, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs provided comprehensive responses to the questions raised during the session.

In conclusion, Khatuna Totladze noted that, following the parliamentary deliberations, the document will be finalized and Georgia’s position regarding the recommendations whose implementation the country undertakes to ensure over the next five years will be formally communicated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the United Nations Human Rights Council within the prescribed timeframe.

For his part, the Chairperson of the Parliament’s Human Rights Protection and Civil Integration Committee, Rati Ionatamishvili, expressed gratitude to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for the effective coordination, on the part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of both the preparation of the aforementioned document and the process of presenting Georgia’s national reports before the treaty bodies of the United Nations.