On 17 October 2024, Sopio Kurpadze, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations, delivered a statement during the 79th Session of the UNGA, Sixth (Legal) Committee, on Agenda Item 84 – Rule of Law on national and international level.
On 17 October 2024, Sopio Kurpadze, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations, delivered a statement during the 79th Session of the UNGA, Sixth (Legal) Committee, on Agenda Item 84 – Rule of Law on national and international level.
In the statement, Sopio Kupradze thanked the Secretary-General for his Report on “Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities” and welcomed the UN’s coordinated efforts towards promotion of the rule of law.
The Georgian delegate highlighted the vital role of digital technologies for protection and promotion of human rights, underscored the importance of accountability in upholding the rule of law and in this regard emphasized Georgia’s close cooperation with International Criminal Court.
Georgian delegate drew attention of the Committee to the Georgia’s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions occupied by the Russian Federation and recalled the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the ICC, which confirmed the occupation and effective control of the Russian Federation over Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali regions, holding Russia fully responsible for grave human rights violations on the ground.