British Embassy: Legislative package Family Values and Protection of Minors undermines fundamental human rights

16:48, 17.09.2024

British Embassy in Georgia released a statement on the adoption of the legislative package Family Values and Protection of Minors.

“The United Kingdom is seriously concerned by the adoption, in the third reading, of the legislative package on “family values and protection of minors” by the Parliament of Georgia.

This package undermines fundamental human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression and assembly and risks further stigmatisation and discrimination of part of the Georgian population. This legislation impacts the rights of all Georgian citizens.

We regret that this legislation has been passed ignoring the advice of the Venice Commission to “reconsider this legislative proposal entirely and to not proceed with its adoption.”

We call on the Georgian authorities to reconsider the package of laws on “family values and protection of minors” which together with the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence place restrictions on both civil society and individual Georgians and call into question the breadth of the UK Georgia relationship,” reads the statement.

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