The Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili held the reception dedicated to the international day of the protection of human rights. At the event the Government Leader hosted diplomatic corps accredited to Georgia, representatives of nongovernmental and international organizations and members of the Government.
The prime minister spoke on recent achievements of the State in the field of human rights and with special gratitude emphasized the strong support of nongovernmental organizations and international community to this process.
"Our progress is your progress. I am very pleased that we are celebrating this day together," - Irakli Garibashvili addressed representatives of International and Nongovernmental organizations.
According to the Government Leader, since the day Georgia regained its independence, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, is an important guide of development for Georgia.
"In 2012 when we came to power, our aim was to create the government suitable to our people, to whom it serves. Our Government which acknowledges that freedom, equality and justice are in Georgian genetics, aims at the protection of human rights of all individuals. Today we are guarantee of the protection of human rights which we provide through the strategy and action plan of human rights adopted last year. This is the first unified strategic document where the main directions of the protection of human rights are provided for. Moreover, we are proud of antidiscrimination law, which was recently adopted and sets out the detailed description of the issues of the protection of human rights of all Georgian Citizens," - stated the Prime Minister in his speech at the reception.
Irakli Garibashvili has also mentioned that, the Government devotes proper attention to ensure independence and democracy of those institutions that are representing the Citizens.
The Prime Minister has also underlined that not so long ago first time in the history, the Parliament of Georgian has appointed the Prosecutor General, which was elected through independent process and with the participation of all interested parties - Nongovernmental Organizations, Academic Circles, Judiciary, Government, Parliamentary and Political Opposition. Based on Irakli Garibashvili's assessment this is huge step towards strengthening the Rule of Law in Georgia.
"For celebrating our progress, in New York, at the meeting of UN General Assembly, Georgia for the first time in history has been elected as a member of United Nations Human Rights Council. We take this responsibility very seriously, and have strongly decided to make our contribution to the process of ensuring the human rights in the word. As Martin Luther King was stating - "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere". Although we achieved serious progress throughout last three years, we have still a lot of work ahead. Our Government has soundly decided to ensure the protection of human rights. We promise to work even more effectively in order to achieve further success", - The Prime Minister addressed the guests gathered at the reception.
On December 10 the world is celebrating the international day of the protection of human rights. This date is connected to the adoption of the International Declaration of Human Rights on UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948.