The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe criticizes Georgia for its law "On Protecting Family Values and Minors".

"Recalling the State`s duty to act as the ultimate guarantor of the principles of equality, pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness, and the Committee’s previous indications to the authorities, aimed at ensuring that all the necessary individual and general measures are taken in these cases;

Emphasising the obligation of every State, under the terms of Article 46, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to abide fully, effectively, and promptly by the final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in any case to which they are a party:

STRONGLY URGED, once again, the authorities to accelerate and complete all renewed investigations and trial proceedings, by taking the necessary investigative actions in line with the European Court`s legal and factual findings, ensuring appropriate legal qualification of criminal offences and due consideration of a bias motive, as well as granting victim status to all applicants concerned;

CALLED UPON the authorities to enforce the domestic court’s judgment in the Georgian Muslim Relations and Others case without further delay and to enable the first applicant to use the school building without any impediment;

DEEPLY DEPLORED that, notwithstanding the Committee’s indications, the authorities proceeded with the enactment of the Law on “Protecting Family Values and Minors”, which, among others, in prohibiting public assemblies aimed at promoting LGBTI identities represents a backward step in the execution of the judgments in the Identoba and Others group and thus raises serious questions as to the compliance by Georgia with its obligation to abide by the final judgments of the European Court;

CALLED UPON the authorities to repeal the law and not to proceed with any further practical or legislative steps that would further endanger Georgia’s compliance with its obligations under Article 46 of the Convention;

STRONGLY EXHORTED the authorities to renounce discriminatory narrative and unequivocally fight against all forms of discrimination, hate speech and hate crime, including by conveying an unambiguous zero-tolerance message at the highest level and by taking resolute actions to end impunity;

STRONGLY URGED the authorities to guarantee effective exercise of freedom of assembly and religion for all individuals without any discrimination, by taking heightened protection and prevention measures, ensuring firm criminal justice response to any bias motivated unlawful action by law enforcement or private individuals, including organisers and instigators of hate-motivated violence;

CALLED UPON the authorities, once again, to provide detailed information about the modalities of operation of the envisaged system of specialisation for hate crime investigations, including the timeframes for its operationalisation, as well as the statistical data on reported hate crime allegations;

INVITED the authorities to submit information on the above issues by the end of June 2025 at the latest", reads the resolution.