Encyclopedia of the Caucasus / Brendan L. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Brendan L., editor.

Series:

Caucasus region political, economic and security issues.

Caucasus Region Political, Economic, and Security Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caucasus--Politics and government.

Caucasus.

Caucasus--Foreign relations.

Caucasus--Strategic aspects.

Caucasus--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Caucasus Region.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (638 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents important research on the Caucasus regions. Topics discussed herein include a country profile on Georgia; the Russia-Georgia conflict; Russian airborne forces; democratization and instability in Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus; political developments and the implications for U.S. interests in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; country profiles of Armenia and Azerbaijan; and Russia's counterinsurgency in North Caucasus.

Contents:

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CAUCASUS (2 VOLUME BOOK) VOLUME ; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CAUCASUS (2 VOLUME BOOK) VOLUME ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; Chapter 1 GEORGIA COUNTRY PROFILE ; GEOGRAPHY; PEOPLE ; GOVERNMENT ; ECONOMY ; PEOPLE AND HISTORY ; GOVERNMENT ; Principal Government Officials ; POLITICAL CONDITIONS ; ECONOMY ; FOREIGN RELATIONS ; U.S.-GEORGIA RELATIONS ; U.S. Assistance to Georgia ; Chapter 2 2011 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES-GEORGIA ; INTRODUCTION ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SECTION 1. RESPECT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE PERSON, INCLUDING FREEDOM FROM a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life ; b. Disappearance; c. Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ; Prison and Detention Center Conditions; d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention; Role of the Police and Security Apparatus ; Arrest Procedures and Treatment While in Detention ; e. Denial of Fair Public Trial ; Trial Procedures ; Political Prisoners and Detainees ; Regional Human Rights Court Decisions ; Civil Judicial Procedures and Remedies ; Property Restitution

f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence g. Use of Excessive Force and other Abuses in Internal Conflicts ; Killings ; Abductions ; SECTION 2. RESPECT FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, INCLUDING ; a. Freedom of Speech and Press ; Status of Freedom of Speech and Press; Internet Freedom ; Academic Freedom and Cultural Events ; b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association ; Freedom of Assembly ; Freedom of Association ; c. Freedom of Religion ; d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Protection of Refugees ; Stateless Persons ; SECTION 3. RESPECT FOR POLITICAL RIGHTS: THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO CHANGE THEIR GOVERNMENT ; Elections and Political Participation ; SECTION 4. OFFICIAL CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY ; SECTION 5. GOVERNMENTAL ATTITUDE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ; SECTION 6. DISCRIMINATION, SOCIETAL ABUSES, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ; Women ; Children ; Anti-Semitism ; Trafficking in Persons ; Persons with Disabilities

National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity ; Other Societal Violence or Discrimination ; SECTION 7. WORKER RIGHTS ; a. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining ; b. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor ; c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment ; d. Acceptable Conditions of Work ; Chapter 3 RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT IN AUGUST 2008: CONTEXT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS ; SUMMARY ; MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ; BACKGROUND

RENEWED CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-250-1