PACE Monitors Say Abkhazia May Slip into Human Rights Black Hole

A group of rapporteurs on the August war from the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) said “without a UN Mission, Abkhazia is in danger of slipping into a human rights black hole.”

In a joint statement Luc van der Brande, a lawmaker from Belgium, Mátyás Eörsi, a lawmaker from Hungary and Corien Jonker, a lawmaker from the Netherlands, said that on Russia to show flexibility in order to find a solution for international human rights and monitoring presence in Abkhazia.

“Without UNOMIG in Abkhazia there will be no independent human rights protection and monitoring, and an almost complete lack of any international presence. Those who will suffer are the people, and particularly those living in the Gali region,” the statement reads.

“No one wants a further exodus from the Gali region, but without human rights protection guarantees and monitoring, this exodus will become a real risk.”

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