Georgian Deputy Interior Minister summarises progress in joint human rights projects with EU, UNDP, OHCHR officials
Georgian Interior Ministry’s work on protecting the rights of persons with disabilities were discussed by the officials. Photo: Georgian Interior Ministry
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The work accomplished in the joint human rights projects involving the Georgian Government on the one hand and the United Nations Development Programme, UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Union was discussed on Friday by Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze and officials from UNDP, OHCHR and EU.
The Ministry said Darakhvelidze met Nick Beresford, the UNDP Resident Representative, Vladimir Shkolnikov, the Senior Human Rights Advisor for the South Caucasus of the OHCHR and Agata Nieboj, the Team Leader of Human Rights, Justice and Home Affairs of the EU Delegation to Georgia.
Georgian Interior Ministry’s work on protecting the rights of persons with disabilities were discussed by the officials, with Darakhvelidze noting the effectiveness of the cascade training at the Patrol Police Department that addressed the protection of the rights of disabled individuals.
Photo: Ministry of Internal Affairs
Darakhvelidze highlighted the “positive outcome of training”, including results of the work on access to legal proceedings for disabled persons.
The Human Rights for All project, facilitated in cooperation with the Georgian Interior Ministry and other partner agencies, was also reviewed at the meeting.
The project aims to implement and monitor the national human rights policy, combat torture and other forms of ill-treatment, strengthen the mechanisms of personal data protection and protect the rights of vulnerable groups.
Challenges in human rights protection by Georgian institutions were discussed between the Interior Ministry and the Office of the Public Defender on Friday, the Ministry announced.
An action plan for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities has been submitted to the Prosecutor General of Georgia for approval, the Prosecutor's Office announced on Tuesday.
Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Saturday summarised the activities carried out in the ministry for the protection of the rights of disabled persons at the conference dedicated to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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 Georgian Interior Ministry’s ongoing and planned reforms were introduced on Thursday at a conference for its international donor organisations in Tbilisi, where diplomatic representations heard from the body’s efforts ranging from crisis management to human rights protection.
Cooperation between Georgia and the United Nations Development Programme was discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and Nick Beresford, the UNDP Resident Representative in Georgia.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Human Rights Committee, on Sunday discussed existing and future cooperation with Vladimir Shkolnikov, the Senior Advisor of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Georgia and Besarion Bokhashvili, the Human Rights Officer at OHCHR.