Georgian/Meskhetian NGOs' appeal to the CoE Secretary General

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Subject: Georgian/Meskhetian NGOs' appeal to the CoE Secretary General

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Georgian/Meskhetian NGOs' appeal to the CoE Secretary General


Dear frends, 
 
Attached is appeal of Georgian NGOs dealing with issues of the
repatriation of the deported Meskhetian Population.
 
Best regards,
 
Marat Baratashvili,
President of the Union of Georgian Repatriates.

Phone: (995 32) 79 25 10
E-mail: [email protected]
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Tbilisi, 6 July 2001

To Mr. Walter Schwimmer
Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Appeal of NGOs dealing with issues of the repatriation of the deported
Meskhetian Population

Your Excellency,

As Georgia does not comply with obligations assumed before the Council
of Europe concerning the repatriation of the deported Meskhetian
population, we apply you with the following request:

1. To establish special monitoring on the repatriation of the deported
Meskhetian population and appoint a special rapporteur on the issue.
Special attention should be given to Georgia's obligation to respect
the timeframe for the repatriation process, as the danger is pending
that the beginning of the process will be hampered. 

2. To appoint an expert with the mandate to explore Georgia's legal
commitment to the European standards on the rehabilitation and
repatriation of the deported Meskhetian population, and to elaborate
in close consultations with the Georgian NGOs and governmental bodies
draft legislative framework on the rehabilitation and repatriation
issue. 

With respect,

Guram Mamulia, Union/Centre of the Repatriation and Integration of the
Deported Meskhetian Population 
Isa Ashrafov, International Association of the Deported Meskhetians
Marat Baratashvili, Union of  Georgian Repatriates 
Klara Baratashvili, Latipsha Baratashvili Foundation
Iso Molidze, Union of Youth of the Deported Meskhetians
Soso Khozrevanidze, Khalil Gozalishvili Association
Levan Nadareishvili, Association Mamulishvili

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