TSU, Council of Europe Hold Joint Conference

Honoring obligations and commitments undertaken by Georgia when joining the Council of Europe was discussed at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Particularly, the participants discussed Georgia’s commitments with respect to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. TSU and the Council of Europe dedicated a joint conference to this issue.

TSU Rector, Academician Vladimer Papava said: “TSU frequently hosts international conferences and seminars, where very important issues are discussed. The today’s topic – trafficking is a global issue, which also troubles Georgia. International efforts are needed to tackle this problem. Georgian authorities, experts should share world experience. I hope that this conference will be fruitful.”

“Trafficking is one of the gravest and widespread organized crimes. All democratic countries are obliged to implement effective measures against human trafficking, to ensure that all relevant institutions or systems work properly. This meeting will unveil those problems, which we have in this regard as well as those ways, how these problems can be settled with the help of the Council of Europe,” Chairman of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Konstantine Kublashvili said.

The Anti-Trafficking Conference was dedicated to the report on Georgia prepared by the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) and the fulfillment of its recommendations.

The representatives of Georgia’s executive, legislative and judicial authorities, as well as international organizations working on human trafficking issues, foreign diplomats and representatives of Georgian civil society organizations participated in the conference.