Interior Ministry to open special division for minors’ issues
The announcement comes following the recent death of a 15-year-old boy in Tbilisi in early December.Photo: imedi TV.
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The Georgian Interior Ministry will open a special division in Tbilisi in April 2020 which will be focused only on minors’ issues, head of the prime minister’s office Natia Mezvrishvili has stated.
Mezvrishvili, who previously served as deputy interior minister, said that investigators specialised in minors’ issues will work in the division.
She also added that in the coming days the Education Ministry will present an action plan about the roles of teachers, social workers and school personnel when an incident involving a minor takes place.
She said that the work is underway with the Health Ministry to overcome the challenges related to social workers.
The statement comes amid the controversy related to the recent death of a 15-year-old boy in Tbilisi in early December.
The Georgian Interior Ministry says that it has met nearly all the recommendations made by the Georgian Public Defender to them in 2018.
The Georgian Interior Ministry and OSCE Human Rights Office (ODIHR) have signed a deal to create a training programme for crime investigators that deal with cases involving discrimination.
Monitoring of the investigation of crimes against life and health will be added to the obligations of the department starting from the year, Deputy Interior Minister Natia Mezvrishvili stated today.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reports that 116 individuals were charged in 2018 for various offences committed against minors.