Giorgi Gogia

Giorgi Gogia oversees research and advocacy on human rights challenges across the region, including in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Ukraine. He has worked and written extensively on human rights violations related to freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, political repression, criminal justice, social justice, police abuse, and international humanitarian law issues during armed conflicts. He is also one of Human Rights Watch’s core internal trainers, leading research methodology trainings for researchers and other staff across the organization, with a focus on investigative standards, trauma-informed research, and ethical human rights documentation. 

Before joining Human Rights Watch, Giorgi was a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group, where he researched and wrote on protracted conflicts in the South Caucasus, including Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. He holds a master’s degree in political science from Central European University.