Meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its Causes and Consequences
Tbilisi. On February 15, 2016, First Deputy Public Defender Paata Beltadze met with Dubravka Šimonović, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences. The Special Rapporteur, who is paying an official visit to Georgia, familiarized with the vision of the Public Defender of Georgia and his recommendations on violence against women and domestic violence.
''During the meeting the sides focused on the issues of early marriage, domestic violence, killing of women and other forms of violence against women, as well as the state policies, institutional arrangement, and challenges in the field of services.
Special attention was paid to the issue of effective application of protective measures, in particular, the importance of monitoring of the execution of restraining and protective orders as well as of repeated cases'', is noted in the statement.
Source: www.ombudsman.ge
