This submission by the signatory organisations aims to respond to the Government’s action report
of 2 July 2025 that followed the adoption of the Committee’s Interim resolution in the Identoba
group of cases at its March 2025 DH meeting. Despite the Committee’s very clear call to repeal the
discriminatory legislation and its consideration of the law as a ‘backward step raising ‘serious
questions as to compliance’with the Identoba group judgments, the Government strongly defended
the need for this law indicating a clear shift from its obligations arising under the Identoba group
judgments concerning rights of LGBTI persons.
This submission provides the Committee with our assessment of such defiant actions of the
Government. It focuses both on individual measures concerning Aghdgomelashvili and Japaridze
v. Georgia (Application no. 7224/11, judgment of 8 October 2020, final on 8 January 2021) and
Women's Initiatives Supporting Group and Others v. Georgia (Application nos. 73204/13 and
74959/13, judgment of 16 December 2021, final on 16 March 2022), as well as general measures
relating to LGBTI rights issues across the broader group.
We assess the most recent developments, primarily the adoption of the discriminatory legislation
explicitly banning certain rights and otherwise restricting the ability of LGBTI people and their
supporters of their fundamental Convention rights, contrary to the obligations arising from the
Court’s findings and in defiance to the Committee’s recommendations and its most recent Interim
Resolution. The growing evidence clearly demonstrates that Georgia is not willing to comply with
the respective judgments and its deliberate acts aimed at discriminating LGBTI persons points to
the contrary. On this basis, we call upon the Committee to examine this group of cases at the nearest
possible opportunity and consider taking stronger measures, such as the initiation of infringement
proceedings, in light of Georgia’s clear refusal to comply with these cases.
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