Kobakhidze Rejects OSCE Report on Georgia, Calls Findings 'Pre-Written'
By Messenger Staff
Monday, March 16, 2026
Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has dismissed the findings of a recent OSCE report on Georgia, calling it "pre-written" and accusing its author of concealing a conflict of interest.
The remarks came after the publication on March 12 of a report prepared under the OSCE Moscow Mechanism. The mechanism was invoked by 24 member states on January 29 to launch an expert mission examining what they described as a deteriorating human rights situation in Georgia.
The report, authored by Patrycja Grzebyk, a professor of international law at the University of Warsaw, said the country has experienced "marked democratic backsliding" since spring 2024. It recommended the release of "all prisoners held for political reasons" and the repeal of several restrictive laws.
Speaking to reporters in Batumi on March 14, Kobakhidze rejected the conclusions. "We all know that the report that was later published was pre-written," he said, adding that the document was "entirely filled with falsehood." He said the government would provide more information to the public, possibly through a briefing.
At the same time, the prime minister acknowledged that parts of the report contain "certain information and recommendations that correspond to the truth and that are necessary to be taken into account," but said the process behind it was politically motivated.
"You know which countries were at the forefront of initiating this process, and how these processes continued," Kobakhidze said. "They could not find a country more undemocratic than Georgia across the OSCE."
Kobakhidze also alleged a conflict of interest involving the report's author, repeating claims circulated by pro-government media that Grzebyk has links to the Polish government through advisory roles.
"Actually, the process was initiated, among others, by the Polish state, and it turned out that this person was herself a representative of the Polish government. This was a direct conflict of interest," he said. "The fact that this person concealed the conflict of interest deepens the suspicions."
Kobakhidze also criticized the report's recommendations to repeal laws including the "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence" and the "Law on Protection of Family Values and Minors."
"This lady directly writes in her report that you can go to the Public Service Hall in Batumi and register yourself as a man," Kobakhidze said. "This lady is forcing one thing on us: if you want to go to the Public Service Hall and change your registration to male, we must allow it."
"This lady forces us to register women as men and men as women," he added.
Earlier, Georgia's permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe told the OSCE Permanent Council that Tbilisi "vigorously rejects" the report's findings and recommendations. Meanwhile, the states that invoked the mechanism urged the Georgian government to implement the recommendations.
