DRAFT
Resolution
of the Parliament of Georgia
On
the Recognition of Genocide of Circassians by the Russian Empire
Recalling the colonial policy of the
Russian Empire towards Circassians during the Russo-Caucasus war (1763-1864),
when the Russian political and military leadership planned and executed ethnic
cleansing of Circassian territories,
subsequently settling the
territories with other ethnic groups;
Recalling
the fact that as a result of multiple punitive military expeditions, more than
90% of the Circassian population was annihilated;
Recalling
numerous
official documents of the Russian Empire confirming its aggressive actions, such as artificially
engineered famines and epidemics amongst the civilian population, aimed at the physical annihilation of representatives of
the Circassian people;
Recalling
the
7 February 1992 Decree of the Supreme Council of Kabardino Balkaria Republic (№977–XII-B) on the Condemnation of the Act of Genocide of
Adyge (Circassians) During the Russian-Caucasian War, and legally and
politically assessing the results of the Russo-Caucasus War (1763-1864),
The Parliament of Georgia:
1. Recognizes the mass murder of Circassians (Adyge) during the
Russo-Caucasus War and their forceful eviction from their homeland, as an act
of genocide, in accordance with the IV Hague Convention on Laws and Customs of
War on Land of October 18, 1907 and the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December
1948;
2.
Recognizes the Circassians, forcefully
deported during and after the period of the Russo-Caucasus War, as refugees, in
line with the Convention on the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951.