Interior Ministry: People more open to appealing to police in domestic violence cases
The Ministry of Internal Affairs may provide electronic bracelets for the remote monitoring of violators by the end of the year. Photo: N.Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian Interior Ministry has stated that due to an information campaign and government anti-violence efforts, more and more people have been appealing to the police in cases of domestic violence and incidents.
The Interior Ministry Human Rights Department, which was launched in January 2018, stated in its report that more than 5,000 restraint orders have been issued in the first nine months of 2018, while the figure in 2017 was a bit more than 4,000.
In a very short period of time we implemented a risk assessment mechanism and provided a mechanism to monitor violators,” the Interior Ministry said.
We are taking steps to provide electronic bracelets [to monitor violators remotely] by the end of the year,” the ministry added.
The Interior Ministry claims that the information campaign against violence will continue and investigators will be trained in domestic violence issues.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has announced it has launched a human rights department in a new move aimed at improving the qualification of law enforcement professionals in dealing with various new challenges in crime.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia says that people phone police for family violence cases more frequently than in previous years. The Deputy Interior Minister of Georgia Natia Mezvrishvili said that several police officers have been dismissed for committing domestic violence.
Dubravka Simonovic, who was on her first official visit to Georgia, said violence against women should be spoken about in society instead of it being regarded as "private, family business”.
Georgia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandre Tchikaidze is pledging the country will intensify its efforts to stop domestic violence in Georgia.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has issued 5,399 restraining orders from January through June 2019. The rate exceeds the number of restraining orders issued in the same period last year - (3,292). Most of the restraining orders were issued in Tbilisi (2,655) which was followed by Imereti, Racha-Lechkumi, Kvemo Svaneti (563) and Kvemo Kartli (477).
Georgia’s special investigation service has arrested two security police officers for domestic violence and uncovered physical and psychological violence committed by an officer against their family members, the agency announced on Friday.