Interior Ministry’s work for combating gender-based violence discussed with UN body
International experts of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women- which consists of 23 experts on women’s rights from around the world - were briefed about “important legislative and institutional reforms” implemented at the national level during the reporting period. Photo: The Georgian Interior Ministry.
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The Georgian Interior Ministry’s steps for combating violence against women and gender-based violence were noted in discussions on a country report by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Ministry said on Friday.
International experts of the Committee - which consists of 23 experts on women’s rights from around the world - were briefed about “important legislative and institutional reforms” implemented at the national level during the reporting period, the body said.
Photo: The Georgian Interior Ministry
Committee members heard from Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze and Niko Tatulashvili, the Human Rights Advisor to the Prime Minister, on the domestic implementation of the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, the Convention entered into force as an international treaty in 1981 and works to monitor the situation of women worldwide and promote their rights.
The Georgian government on Friday said it had joined the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the event marked worldwide since 1991 to raise awareness over the problem.
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.
Domestic violence, abduction of girls, selective abortion and other forms of discrimination against women in Georgia is being discussed by Georgian and international officials at a UN Convention in Switzerland today.
Last week the Georgian government approved the 2022-2024 national action plan for combating domestic violence and violence against women and ensuring protection of survivors, as well as the action plan on the implementation of the United Nations resolution on women, peace and security over the same period.
Ongoing reforms at Georgia’s Interior Ministry and projects in its 2023 plans were discussed on Friday in a meeting of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili with Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and his deputies.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on Monday launched an investigation after emergency services received a report on an explosion off the coast of Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Tuesday highlighted the “unprecedentedly high” rate of crime-solving by law enforcement bodies, which he said was illustrated by the figure standing at over 62 percent.
Cooperation between the Georgian Interior Ministry and the United Nations Women Organisation and milestones achieved within it were in focus of a meeting between Georgia’s Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze and Kaori Ishikawa, the Country Representative of UN Women Georgia on Friday.
Khatia Gogaladze has become the first woman to be appointed as the 1st Lieutenant and Infantry Company Commander in the Georgian Defence Forces, the United Nations agency - UN Women Georgia said on Friday.