President: State mechanisms are being refined and tightened to eliminate a phenomenon that is completely unacceptable for our culture - violence

The President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili met with the Public Defender Nino Lomjaria today. The President spoke with the Public Defender about child protection, domestic violence and violence against women.

The President welcomed both the new Child Code and the initiative, which, along with a restraining order, imposes an electronic surveillance on the abusers.

"State mechanisms are being refined and tightened to eliminate a phenomenon that is completely unacceptable to our culture - violence, but let us not forget that the non-acceptance of violence and timely response are the responsibility of society and each of us too", - said the President.

The President believes that the new Children's Code provides a fairly well-defined mechanism for the protection of children's rights, although there are still problems in its implementation. During the meeting, the importance of the involvement of various organizations in the protection of children's rights was discussed. The President and the Public Defender agreed to continue working together on these issues, and the President expressed readiness to participate and actively engage in an information campaign to promote children's rights, provide information to children, and increase access to new services.