Academic Conference "Women’s Rights in Legal Discourse" Received a Great Interest
31 March, 2016
On March 31, 2016, International Law Institute of the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in cooperation with the East-West Management Institute, under the framework of the Support of Rule of Law Program in Georgia (PROLoG), hosted national scientific conference on Woman’s Rights in Legal Discourse, which was oriented on encouraging academic debates in Georgia on international standards and practice of woman’s rights.
The event was organized and led by Prof. Ketevan Khutsishvili of International Law Institute.
Prof. Ketevan Khutsishvili is Public International Law and Human Rights Professor at International Law Institute,Tbilisi State University and Head of PhD program in European Studies. Prof. Khutsishvili has been teaching at Tbilisi State University since 2003 and from 2016 she is a Gender and Law Chair holder with the support of EWMI/PROLoG activity. She has human rights NGO background within Georgia, the Baltic states, Central Asia and Eastern Europe alongside of having served for the Office of the Prosecutor General of Georgia as Chief of International Service. Ketevan Khutsishvili is a member of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, liaison in Georgia for the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on the Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and a deputy member at ECRI in respect of Georgia, as well as a member of American Society of International Law.
The conference was attended by the students and professors from different higher educational institutions as well as many practitioner specialists from this field. The debates on established international standards and practice of woman’s rights were concentrated on these following issues:
•Political rights and participation;
•Education and factors fostering professional achievement;
•Violent crime and woman;
•The peculiarities of international crimes in relation of women’s rights;
•CoE and UN standards of women’s rights;
•Data protection and women’s rights.
Each presentation opened floor for discussion and Q&A sessions; Special guests (leading specialists of this field) made introductory notes before each presentation, which gave opportunity for a fruitful and engaging discussions and enabled the audience to review particular presentations through the lens of unified structured context.
The following persons addressed the Conference: Prof. Ketevan Khutsishvili – chair of the TSU Gender and Law, Mari Meskhi – TSU invited professor, Keti Gomelauri – project director of the Innovative and Reform Center, Maka Peradze – head of division of the Ministry of Interior and Tamar Sabedashvili – program specialist at the UN Woman Organization.
Upon the conclusion of the Conference, participants were awarded with certificates, including three selected participants for the Best Speaker award.
The event was organized and led by Prof. Ketevan Khutsishvili of International Law Institute.
Prof. Ketevan Khutsishvili is Public International Law and Human Rights Professor at International Law Institute,Tbilisi State University and Head of PhD program in European Studies. Prof. Khutsishvili has been teaching at Tbilisi State University since 2003 and from 2016 she is a Gender and Law Chair holder with the support of EWMI/PROLoG activity. She has human rights NGO background within Georgia, the Baltic states, Central Asia and Eastern Europe alongside of having served for the Office of the Prosecutor General of Georgia as Chief of International Service. Ketevan Khutsishvili is a member of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, liaison in Georgia for the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on the Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and a deputy member at ECRI in respect of Georgia, as well as a member of American Society of International Law.
The conference was attended by the students and professors from different higher educational institutions as well as many practitioner specialists from this field. The debates on established international standards and practice of woman’s rights were concentrated on these following issues:
•Political rights and participation;
•Education and factors fostering professional achievement;
•Violent crime and woman;
•The peculiarities of international crimes in relation of women’s rights;
•CoE and UN standards of women’s rights;
•Data protection and women’s rights.
Each presentation opened floor for discussion and Q&A sessions; Special guests (leading specialists of this field) made introductory notes before each presentation, which gave opportunity for a fruitful and engaging discussions and enabled the audience to review particular presentations through the lens of unified structured context.
The following persons addressed the Conference: Prof. Ketevan Khutsishvili – chair of the TSU Gender and Law, Mari Meskhi – TSU invited professor, Keti Gomelauri – project director of the Innovative and Reform Center, Maka Peradze – head of division of the Ministry of Interior and Tamar Sabedashvili – program specialist at the UN Woman Organization.
Upon the conclusion of the Conference, participants were awarded with certificates, including three selected participants for the Best Speaker award.