Criminal prosecution launched against 5,144 individuals for domestic violence, violence against women in 2021

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. 

Taken from the latest annual report, the figure from the statistics of the past year was provided in addition to a breakdown of the related annual numbers since 2014.

The breakdown shows the body initiate prosecution cases for domestic violence and violence against women with the following numbers:

• 2014 – 550 criminal prosecutions
• 2015 – 1,066 criminal prosecutions
• 2016 – 1,356 criminal prosecutions
• 2017 – 1,986 criminal prosecutions
• 2018 – 3,955 criminal prosecutions
• 2019 – 4,579 criminal prosecutions
• 2020 – 4,633 criminal prosecutions
• 2021 – 5,144 criminal prosecutions

The report also said cases of domestic violence and violence against women comprised 21.1 percent of the prosecutions launched in the past year.

Combating domestic and gender-based violence “remains one of  the main priorities” of the Prosecutor’s Office, the body added.