ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION Legal Approximation and Minority Rights in Georgia

The roundtable discussion, “Legal Approximation and Minority Rights in Georgia: Perspectives on the FCNM and Beyond”, will focus on the multifaceted forms of the alignment of Georgia's legal frameworks with European and EU standards, particularly emphasizing the protection of minority rights. 

Professors Irine Kurdadze and David Pataraia (Tbilisi State University), both renowned experts in this field, will explore these questions, addressing how legal approximation works in practice and how it interacts with the implementation of minority rights. Both, however, will also discuss the challenges that arise in this context. Participants will be given the unique opportunity to engage in a dialogue on integrating EU standards into national legislation with the particular case of Georgia.

Professor Irine Kurdadze and Professor David Pataraia | Tbilisi State University

Welcome note: Professor Gabriele Schmölzer | Dean of the Law Faculty

Introduction and moderation: Assoc.-Prof. Benedikt Harzl | Deputy Director of the CEELES

Discussants: Professor Jürgen Pirker | Department of Global Governance

Assoc.-Prof. Emma Lantschner | Center of South-East European Studies

Professor Joseph Marko | Institute of Public Law

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