On November 23-24, 2022, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva discussed the report submitted by the Government of Georgia in response to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
The delegation from Georgia, consisting of representatives from various governmental agencies, provided the Committee with information regarding the implementation of the convention.
Ketevan Betlemidze – Chairperson of the Public Service Development Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia provided detailed information to members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and representatives of nongovernmental organizations on measures being implemented and planned in Georgia to address statelessness. The information was positively assessed by the committee members.
It should be noted that, as a result of the active work of the Agency, the number of stateless persons in Georgia has significantly decreased.
