Public Defender: Situation of the realization of the right to equality remains critical in Georgia

Despite the creation of legislative safeguards, unfortunately, the situation of the realization of the right to equality is still critical in Georgia and the state agencies do not have a specific policy on the principle of equality, - Public Defender of Georgia Nino Lomjaria said while presenting the 2019 special report on equality.

As Lomjaria noted, during 2019, the Public Defender of Georgia reviewed 155 new cases of alleged discrimination, and launched proceedings on their own initiative into 13 cases.

“Gender-based discrimination had the highest rates, which was followed by discrimination on the grounds of religion, different opinion, gender identity, sexual orientation and disability, and different political views.

The number of applications regarding alleged discrimination on grounds of different and political views has not changed significantly compared to the previous years," said Nino Lomjaria.

According to him, the number of applications regarding alleged discrimination in the private sector has increased, while the number of applications regarding alleged discrimination on the grounds of disability has decreased.