PM: Since 2012 our Gov't Is Committed to Human Rights under Ivanishvili's Guidance

“Our government has always focused on human rights since 2012 and it all started under the guidance of Bidzina Ivanishvili then the Prime Minister of Georgia. We started work on a long-term Strategy on Human rights in 2013,” stated the Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Gakharia.

“We are now embarking on a new stage of a long-term Strategy on Human Rights to be drafted this year,” he added at the Executive Government Meeting today.

Gakharia noted that authorities will be using every possible platform in the development of the strategy both domestically and from overseas. “Our team in the government has always focused on human rights since 2012, and it all started under the guidance of Bidzina Ivanishvili, then-Prime Minister of Georgia. We started work on a long-term Strategy on Human rights in 2013, which was fully executed and incorporated in the implementation of each reform. This year we will start work on a new stage of a long-term Strategy on Human Rights, which will be of paramount importance, and we will be using every possible platform both domestically and from overseas when developing it. This is the most important format of a joint endeavor and I call upon every one of you to take an active part in it within the scope of your competences," he said.

He then touched upon a Donor Coordination Forum held in Tbilisi last week and noted that cooperation with international partners is important for the Government of Georgia, especially in the implementation of reforms. “The key priority of our team in the Government is to ensure a fast pace of economic growth, job creation, education reform, as well as security and open governance, of course. All of these directions were discussed in detail at the Donor Coordination Conference and we got the full support of our international partners towards reforms to be implemented in these areas".