UN Human Rights Council backs Georgia’s occupied-regions resolution by consensus

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted by consensus the resolution ‘Cooperation with Georgia’, which addresses the human rights situation in Georgia’s occupied regions. The vote took place in Geneva on 7 October 2026.

Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Lasha Darsalia tabled the resolution at the Council session.

“As last year, the resolution was adopted by consensus, a significant success for Georgia and a sign of the international community’s firm support. The Human Rights Council has once again reaffirmed its support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, and has voiced concern over the various forms of discrimination and human rights abuses suffered by ethnic Georgians in the Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali,” the ministry said in a statement.

According to Georgia’s Foreign Ministry, the resolution underlines the importance of the Geneva International Discussions, set up under the 12 August 2008 ceasefire agreement.

It also raises concern that international and regional human rights monitors are being denied access to the occupied territories. The Council has therefore called for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, alongside international and regional monitoring bodies, to be granted immediate and unhindered access to the regions.

In addition, the resolution highlights Russia’s occupation of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali and the significance of rulings handed down by the European Court of Human Rights between 2021 and 2026. It condemns Russia’s moves towards the illegal annexation of both regions.

“Georgia has tabled this resolution at the Human Rights Council every year since 2017,” the ministry added.