4,633 charged for domestic violence in 2020 throughout Georgia
Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze said combatting domestic and gender-based violence remains one of the main priorities of the Prosecutor’s Office. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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4,633 individuals were charged for domestic violence and crimes throughout Georgia in 2020, which is 5.4 per cent more compared to the previous year, Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze said while presenting his body’s annual report today.
Shotadze said combatting domestic and gender-based violence remains one of the main priorities of the Prosecutor’s Office.
In 2020, 178 women were the victims of gender-based violence in Georgia, which is 58 more compared to the previous year.
Shotadze noted that the ‘motive of gender discrimination’ was revealed in hundreds of crimes in 2020 throughout Georgia.
In 2020 there were 20 attempted murders of women in Georgia.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze has stated that 15,625 individuals were charged in 2020 by the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, while the figure stood at 19,114 in 2019.
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.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has presented a bill to the government of Georgia which aims to prevent domestic violence and ensure better protection and further support for victims of violence.
Georgian police systemically failed to prevent gender-based violence in the case of English-language lecturer Marika Tsivtsivadze who was murdered by her ex-husband, The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has stated.
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has established that the Georgian authorities failed to investigate and prosecute gender and honour-based violence against Khanum Jeiranova who was found dead in September 2014 in Georgia's Sagarejo municipality following severe psychological and physical violence from her husband’s relatives.
International delegations to Georgia have called for ‘resolute action’ to prevent violence against women and girls on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The delegations said that Georgia has achieved ‘notable progress’ in recent years to combat gender-based violence. However, they maintained that Georgian women and girls still face violence both in their ‘private and public lives.’
Three individuals have been charged with illegal deprivation of freedom and degrading treatment of Khanum Jeiranova, a woman found dead on September 18, 2014 in eastern Georgia's Sagarejo municipality following severe psychological and physical abuse from her husband’s relatives, the Prosecution Service of Georgia announced on Wednesday.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia launched criminal prosecution against 5,144 individuals throughout the country for domestic violence and violence against women throughout 2021, the state body said on Monday.
The principal 2021 achievements, challenges and ongoing priorities of the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia were in focus in the annual report presented by the Prosecutor General Irakli Shotadze to the Parliament this week.
Police have arrested a 63-year-old man for murder of his daughter-in-law in the Khelvachauri municipality of western Georgia’s Adjara region, local media reported on Monday.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday said it had filed charges against an individual for an assault on his wife in Tbilisi last week.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday said it had filed charges against two individuals for “premeditated murder” of a vendor at Tbilisi’s Lilo Mall in the summer.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday said it had filed charges against a foreign citizen for coercion and attempted premeditated murder of his wife and two other individuals in Tbilisi.