Fed Event: Nov. 19th @ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Human Rights, Democracy and Displacement in Georgia
Georgia, Internal Displacement, Human Rights, Caucasus

Friday, November 19, 2010, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM, Root Room, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC

Event Summary:

Since the conflicts over Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the early 1990s, violence has erupted several times in Georgia, most notably in August 2008. Large-scale human rights violations characterized the August 2008 war, including the displacement of almost 150,000 people. By the time the fighting ended, Georgia had lost the last areas it controlled in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and Russia subsequently recognized the independence of both. While most of those displaced in the August 2008 war have returned, over 200,000 people from earlier conflicts remain displaced.
Event Information
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On November 19, the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement will host a discussion of current issues around human rights, democracy and displacement in Georgia. The event will feature a presentation by Tinatin Khidasheli, international secretary of the Republican Party of Georgia, and Giorgi Chkheidze, executive director of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association. Following their remarks, Sam Patten, senior program manager for Eurasia at Freedom House, and Nadine Walicki, country analyst for the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, will join the discussion.

Senior Fellow Elizabeth Ferris, co-director of the Brookings-Bern Project, will provide introductory remarks and moderate the discussion. After the program, panelists will take audience questions.
Participants

Introduction and Moderator
Elizabeth Ferris

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
Featured Speakers
Tinatin Khidasheli

International Secretary
Republican Party of Georgia
Giorgi Chkheidze

Executive Director
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
Sam Patten

Senior Program Manager, Eurasia
Freedom House
Nadine Walicki

Country Analyst
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre