The roundtable discussion, “Legal Approximation and Minority Rights in Georgia: Perspectives on the FCNM and Beyond”, focused 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, explored these questions, addressing how legal approximation works in practice and how it interacts with the implementation of minority rights. Both, however, also discussed the challenges that arise in this context. Participants of the round table were 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