Gov’t vows strong awareness campaign, tough measures against domestic violence amid pandemic
Georgia toughened punishment against domestic violence in 2018. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The government of Georgia says that it will continue an active awareness campaign and fight against domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic, as the coronavirus poses a risk of an increase in domestic violence cases.
Starting next week information about the domestic violence hotline and state services will be posted at pharmacies around the country.
Thanks to donor organisations the information will be provided on the languages of ethnic minorities.
The major goal of the campaign is to bring the information to those people who may need the state support,” the Georgian government’s press office said.
Georgia made the punishment for certain forms of domestic violence more severe in 2018.
The law says that should a restraining order be violated, an individual will face criminal charges.
- Here you can find information about the hotline and state services against domestic violence.
A large-scale campaign to combat violence against women in Georgia will be launched, reports the press office of the Government Administration. The Ministries of Justice, Interior, Regional Development, Health, Education and the Prosecutor’s Office will be involved in the campaign.
4,564 individuals were charged for domestic violence and crimes throughout Georgia in 2019, Deputy Interior Minister Nino Tsatsiashvili said at a briefing today.
Officers of the Shida Kartli Police Department have arrested a person identified only as I.S., born in 1992, for domestic violence against a minor.
A law drafted by the Georgian Interior Ministry has come into force today which makes the punishment for certain forms of domestic violence more severe. The law also reads that should a restraining order be violated, an individual will face criminal charges.
Abusing a family member will become punishable by two years in prison instead of the current one year.The punishment will be more severe if the act of violence is committed in the presence of a minor.
The Georgian police have detained a Nigerian citizen for violence against his wife in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi yesterday. The crime is punishable by up to two years in prison. The detainee, only identified as A.V. and born in 1989, verbally insulted and physically attacked his wife, identified as Ph.G. and born in 1986.
Police have detained a Latvian citizen in Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi for physical and psychological violence against his wife and failure to comply with the requirements of a restraining order.
Police have detained a 58-year-old woman for physical and psychological violence against her daughter-in-law, which led to the latter’s attempting suicide.
Police have detained two Georgian citizens for domestic violence in the Gori and Kareli municipalities of Shida Kartli region. The crime is punishable by three years in prison.