On December 9, Georgian National University SEU held a panel discussion as part of the University Human Rights Law Week. The event was dedicated to the discussion of domestic violence forms and issues hindering the identification of such cases.
The legal mechanisms for the protection of victims of domestic violence was highlighted, particularly the forms of domestic violence counted crimes and punishment mechanisms, the cases involving the issuance of restraining and protective orders, or putting the abusers under electronic surveillance.
The essence of the special rights of minorities was analyzed as part of the public lecture, including the institutional barriers to the participation of minorities at the stage of the first-level democracy as well as at the central level.
Additionally, the best international practices regulating the participation of minorities and the instruments of the Council of Europe was analyzed as well.