1. Domestic Violence in Georgia Tbilisi 27-29 September, 2010

2. Domestic Violence in Georgia

3. MINISTRY of INTERNAL AFFAIRS of GEORGIA GEOSTAT SUPREME COURT of GEORGIA

4. Domestic Violence in Georgia Domestic violence stands for violation of constitutional rights and freedoms of one family member by the other, in conjunction with physical, psychological or sexual violence, coercion or threat to undertake such actions. Source: The Law of Georgia on Elimination of domestic Violence, Protection of Victims of domestic Violence and their Assistance, Article 3, 2006)

5. Domestic Violence in Georgia Data Collected by MIA:  Number of a Restrictive Order that is primary source of data;  Name of victim;  Name of perpetrator;  Address, birth dates of both perpetrator and victim;  Form’s of violence;  Description of situation;  What decision was taken;  Address of shelter for a victim or of a rehabilitation center for a perpetrator;  Signature of responsible police officer. Statistical questionnaire “on registration on Domestic Violence Cases” adopted in 2007 by the MIA.

6. Domestic Violence in Georgia Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

7. Domestic Violence in Georgia Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

8. Domestic Violence in Georgia Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

9. Domestic Violence in Georgia  No cases in 3 regions of Georgia;  There are 2 Shelters under control of the Ministry of Labour, Health & Social Security, and 4 under NGO;  The maximal capacity of NGO-run shelters is accommodation of 40 individuals at a time;  Duration of staying in shelter varies from 3 to 6 months.

10. Domestic Violence in Georgia The data on the victims of the DV 20082009 Total, persons o. w. Women, % Total, persons o. w. Women, % Georgia, total 19895.517692.6 o. w. by Regions of Georgia Tbilisi and Mtskheta-Mtianeti 15496.114393.0 Adjar AR 1687.51888.9 Imereti 6100.01 Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 1100.000 Samtskhe Javakheti 1100.01 Shida Qartli 2100.000 Qvemo Qartli 1894.41392.3 Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

11. Domestic Violence in Georgia The data on the perpetrator of the DV 20082009 Total, persons o. w. Women,% Total, persons o. w. Women,% Georgia, total 19810.11766.8 o. w. by Regions of Georgia Tbilisi and Mtskheta-Mtianeti 1548.41435.6 Adjar AR 1618.8185.6 Imereti 6010 Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti1000 Samtskhe Javakheti 1010 Shida Qartli 2000 Qvemo Qartli 1816.71323.1 Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

12. Domestic Violence in Georgia Court decisions on suppression of DV, protection and support of victims of DV 200820092010 I-II quarters Admitted for further examination 204171105 Dismissed 283 Examined through delivering a decision 197159103 Among them: satisfied 18814094 Terminated 110 Remained unchanged 6102 Transferred to other court 000 Total completed 204170108 The ratio of uncompleted cases 113 Delivered provisional decision 010 Source: Supreme Court of Georgia.

13. Domestic Violence in Georgia Data on Victim Statistics 200720092010 I-II quarters Total number of victims, cases 122039624 5269 of which: firms, organizations 2032 19 persons 121839592 5250 men 71945792 3175 women 49893800 2075 Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

14. Domestic Violence in Georgia Data on Victim Statistics (continued) 200720092010 I-II quarters Victims by age, persons <17 191223 84 17-24 12711150 659 25-44 48453996 2192 >44 56684155 2270 nonspecified 20868 45 From total number of victims Citizens of Georgia 120169377 5124 Foreigners 139206 123 Stateless 269 3 nonspecified 20 0

15. Domestic Violence in Georgia

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18. http://www.avng.ge - Anti Violence Network of Georgia www.ginsc.net - Gender Information Portal in the Southern Caucasus www.nasilie.net - Domestic Violence www.antitraf.net – No Trafficking www.youthknot.net - “Youth Line” of the European Network www.ywnsc.net - Young Women’s Network in South Caucasus Useful Links

19. Domestic Violence in Georgia Thank You For Attention Domestic Violence in Georgia

20. Lia Charekishvili, Head of Sub-Division of Social Infrastructure, Social Statistics Division, Responsible for Gender Statistics. E-mail: licha@geostat.ge Domestic Violence in Georgia