Change, the coalition has collected documentation and information on the alleged use of chemical substances by the government, which it will forward to international structures.

As Zurab Japaridze, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, stated at today's briefing, 9 international structures have been identified so far, where a request will be sent to establish an international investigative mechanism regarding this issue.

"I would like to update you on one of the most important topics of the past weeks - this is the facts of systematic torture and chemical poisoning of people by the regime in November-December of last year. Over the past weeks, the coalition has worked and collected all the relevant documentation and information that is needed to be sent to international structures, where an international investigative mechanism can be created regarding this issue. At the moment, we have found 9 international structures. These documents have already been sent to these structures in electronic form, some of them will be sent today and some tomorrow to all international structures. Today, representatives of non-governmental organizations also had a briefing on this issue. This is also important, because there are international structures where parties do not have a mandate to apply. Therefore, it is important to use those international structures, but by civil society, not parties. We are in full coordination with them. We simply did our job. Everyone who can do what they can is involved in this process, which is very important for the final result,” Japaridze said.

For information, several Georgian NGOs have jointly appealed to the Director-General of the UN Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), UN Special Rapporteurs and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights regarding “alleged serious human rights violations and possible use of chemical and experimental agents by law enforcement agencies” during the demonstrations in Georgia. They call on the OPCW Director-General to exercise his mandate and consider sending a fact-finding or investigative mission to Georgia.