Supreme Court of Georgia

THE ROUND TABLE HELD IN THE SUPREME COURT ON THE TOPIC OF THE INSTITUTE OF SUPPORTERS

Published: 05/05/2016

On May 4 of 2016  in the Supreme Court was held  the round table on the topic of the  Institute of Supporters. The meeting was opened and the participants of the meeting were greeted by the Chairperson of the Supreme Court and High Council of Justice Ms. Nino Gvenetadze and the member of Parliament  - Ms. Tamar Kordzaia.     

The aim of the round table was identification of the  problems of different structural units  revealed in practice after the adoption of the amendments made  to  the  legislation, concerning  the Institute of  Supporters, information exchange and discussion of  the uniform, complex ways of coping with them.   The judges of  the Supreme Court,  Tbilisi and  Regional Courts  presiding over  the civil cases, attended the meeting, as well as the representatives of the Children’s Foundation of the United Nations, Agency for the Social Service, Judicial Support Service, The High School of Justice, Apparatus of Public Defender and NGO  - “ Partnership for Human Rights.”       

The Institute of Supporters was introduced  according  to the amendments made to the  Civil Code of Georgia based on the decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia from the 8^th of October of 2014 and “Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.” Videlicet, according to the changes in legislation, the Court is to define  an  appointor of the Support;  Five year transition period is considered for coming into full effect of  the above mentioned changes.                        

The participants of the meeting considered  the prospects of development of the Institute of Supporters in the  regime of active  discussion  and defined  the  specific  future  steps to be undertaken in this direction. The decision on liquidation of the revealed  defects and forming of a working  group from all the representatives of the state structures and NGOs participating in the  meeting  was made during the round table. The working group will conduct its activities in the  two directions: - Further improvement and refinement of the changes in legislation and sharing  and  extending  the knowledge  in the format of the various training courses and working  meetings with the foreign experts and judges.

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