Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 13304 | 30 September 2013

The progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure (June 2012 – September 2013)

Signatories: Mr Tedo JAPARIDZE, Georgia, SOC ; Mr Levan BERDZENISHVILI, Georgia, ALDE ; Mr Irakli CHIKOVANI, Georgia, ALDE ; Ms Tinatin KHIDASHELI, Georgia, ALDE ; Ms Guguli MAGHRADZE, Georgia, SOC

Origin - 2013 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 13, after the words "following a presidential pardon;" insert the following words:

"in Georgia, the peaceful constitutional transfer of power and the emergence of a genuine pluralistic and democratic framework following the 2012 parliamentary elections, a mark of the substantial progress made in the implementation of legal reforms and policies cutting across judiciary, criminal law, labor law and human rights, including the new strategy of friendly settlements launched by the Government to relieve the European Court of Human Rights from the caseload coming from Georgia."

Explanatory note

There are some positive developments in Georgia, which are not mentioned in paragraph 13 among the other countries.