Tamar Vardiashvili is a Senior Consultant in the International Relations Department of the High Council of Justice of Georgia, where she prepares reports on matters within the Council's competence for submission to international organisations, including UN treaty bodies and Council of Europe monitoring mechanisms. She holds an LLM in International Law with Honours from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. The views expressed in this publication are solely those of the author in her personal capacity and do not represent the official position of any institution or organisation with which she may be affiliated.