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Please join the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Marine Kapanadze on the human rights situation in Georgia and Georgia's role in the region. Moderated by Julie George.
Georgia was always a leading state across Post-Soviet countries in building democracy. However, currently, Georgia is at a crossroads: will it become a fully authoritarian state or make acute steps towards re-establishing democratic institutions? The government does everything possible to restrict civic activism in the country and lead it to full autocracy. A recent attempt to adopt the so-called Foreign Agents Law is an obvious sign of it. Human Rights Advocate Marine Kapandze will discuss the current developments in Georgia. She will particularly focus on the human rights situation and the challenges with regard to the rule of law as the most critical issues on the way to the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia.
