Events
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Announced Selection Competition for the candidate from Georgia to be submitted to the
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has announced the selection competition for the candidate to be submitted from Georgia, which will be held in accordance with the rules of the competition approved by the Order No. 923 of the Minister of Justice of Georgia of August 14, 2023.
Interested parties should submit their applications by August 30, 2023. Detailed information about the competition is available at the following address: https://hr.gov.ge/JobProvider/UserOrgVaks/Details/80551?active=1
As a result of the competition, the candidate nominated from Georgia will take part in the elections of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which will be held in 2024.
The Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the effective implementation of the obligations stipulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its additional protocols by the contracting states.
Mobile Public Service Hall Serves All Over Georgia
The project was specially developed for settlements located far from cities and allows citizens living in rural areas to receive more than 450 services of the state and private sector at the gate of their own home, without going to the Public Service Hall.
Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze, First Deputy, Tamar Tkeshelashvili and Deputies Beka Dzamashvili and Buba Lomuashvili attended today the process of providing services in the village of Sachino, Kobuleti municipality.
The Mobile Public Service Hall project started in September 2021 in the Ajara region and in less than 2 years is already covering the whole of Georgia, including the villages of 10 regions - Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Imereti, Adjara, Guria, Kakheti, Shida Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Racha-Lechkhumi, Kvemo Svaneti.
Since the launch of the project, more than 42,000 users have benefited from the services of the Mobile Public Service Hall.
Employees of the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Enforcement of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation Celebrate a Professional Day and Summarise the Results of Their Activities
Rati Bregadze and Deputy Minister of Justice, Buba Lomuashvili thanked the employees of the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Enforcement of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation of the Ministry of Justice for their service and discussed with them the already implemented and ongoing projects.
At the event, Head of the Agency, Lado Kheladze presented the priorities of the agency and the main directions of the agency's development, which envisions the introduction of technological innovations, strengthening the direction of crime prevention, promotion of the development of human resources, infrastructural renewal and providing the beneficiaries with the necessary services.
In the last two years, the Agency developed and introduced the first Georgian innovative device Probbox - an electronic service system for probationers; strengthened human resources; developed code of ethics for probation officers; Launched a new rehabilitation program was in the direction of re-socialisation and rehabilitation of convicts and ex-prisoners; created mobile and 24-hour electronic monitoring groups for effective enforcement of house arrest; Four new programs in the direction of rehabilitation and re-socialisation of convicts and ex-prisoners are underway, aimed at promotion of employment of the beneficiaries.
Working has begun on the project of the Probation Code, which will regulate the directions of referral of juveniles, restorative justice, rehabilitation and re-socialisation, and probation. Soon, the Probation Officer Institute will be launched, which will promote the rehabilitation of convicts and their integration into society.
At the event, the Minister of Justice and the Deputy Curator of the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Non-custodial Sentences and Probation, Buba Lomuashvili, thanked and awarded the employees of the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Non-custodial Sentences and Probation for their conscientious service and meticulous and exemplary performance of assigned functions, and for their support and fruitful cooperation. In addition, they also thanked the representatives of partner international organisations. At the end of the event, the animated video "The Story of Artist Kato" created by the beneficiaries of the Juvenile Referral Center was shown.
Deputy Ministers of Justice, representatives of legislative, executive, partner local and international organisations also participated in the event.