Our work for children’s rights in Georgia
We are a registered Georgian non-profit working through a volunteer and pro bono team in Georgia and abroad. Practical experience since 2018 guides our coverage; legal registration followed in 2021. Our work connects the needs of children with changes in law and public services.
Experience that began in 2018
Our experience covers court proceedings, legal representation, expert assessments, social-service decisions, interrupted education and protection across borders. It has shown us how a child’s immediate needs can remain unresolved while institutions continue their procedures.
We have brought that experience into a wider effort: to explain where protection breaks down, bring others with relevant knowledge into the work, and press for changes that can help more than one child.
What we cover
Courts and enforcement
Delayed hearings, unanswered urgent applications, the reasons given in decisions and what happens when a judgment is not implemented.
Explore this issueLawyers assigned to children
Whether a representative has the time, preparation, independence and specialist support needed to know the child and act on the case.
Explore this issueIndependent expert evidence
Access to assessments, the quality of their methods, language and cultural context, the opportunity to question conclusions and the cost of obtaining another opinion.
Explore this issueEducation and development
School attendance, missed learning, suitable support and the arrangements made while a court case or protection procedure continues.
Explore this issueIdentity, nationality and language
A child’s ability to keep their family languages, cultural ties and relationships, and to understand the proceedings that affect them.
Explore this issueFamily life and cross-border protection
Safe contact, cooperation between authorities, international return procedures and continuity of protection after a child moves between countries.
Explore this issueHealth care and follow-up
Whether a medical referral becomes a completed appointment, how services respond to missed care and who removes the barriers.
Explore this issuePrivacy and independent communication
Protection from exposure in adult disputes, safe private contact and access to a representative or trusted professional.
Explore this issueAbuse allegations and fair protection
Reliable interviewing, possible coaching or other pressure, evidence evaluation, equal treatment of parents and help for children while facts remain disputed.
Explore this issueThe changes we seek
Courts that respond in time
Prompt decisions on urgent requests, timetables matched to a child’s needs and clear responsibility for implementation.
Effective legal aid
Manageable caseloads, preparation time, continuing training, access to specialist advice and a workable way to challenge inadequate representation.
Access to independent expertise
A real opportunity to obtain and question expert evidence, with needs-based public funding for an essential assessment when cost prevents access.
Education throughout proceedings
Immediate learning arrangements and individual recovery plans when a child has missed school, with regular checks on actual progress.
Protection of identity and language
Consideration of nationality, family languages and cultural ties in decisions, suitable interpretation during proceedings and support for maintaining a child’s languages.
Accountability for inaction
A named body responsible for the next step, a response to an unimplemented decision and review of recurring failures that require changes in law or practice.
Completed care and effective referrals
A responsible person, a clinical timeframe and verification of what the child actually received.
Correction after institutional error
Updated records after annulment, independent review where a conflict has affected casework, and a plan for repairing consequences.
A response to disputed abuse concerns
Independent interpretation, preserved interviews, a traceable evidence record and regular review of the child’s protection and recovery plan.
How we work for change
We connect practical problems with Georgian legislation, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the international instruments relevant to the case. Our legal analysis and public reporting explain what an institution is responsible for and what needs to change.
Our work combines research, pro bono contributions and proposals addressed to the bodies with power to act: courts and court administration, legal-aid providers, child-protection and education authorities, professional bodies and Parliament. We seek dialogue with these institutions and follow their responses.
The result we seek is practical: a child back in education, a lawyer able to act, evidence properly examined, a language maintained or a decision carried out. Changes to rules and procedures should lead to those results.
Our team in Georgia and abroad
We have assembled a team in Georgia and abroad around this work. Contributors share practical experience and take part in research, legal analysis, translation, public writing and the development of proposals.
Cross-border cooperation matters to us because children’s lives and family relationships do not stop at a national border. It also lets us compare institutional practice and bring useful experience from elsewhere into the discussion in Georgia.
We are open to new colleagues who can contribute to a specific issue or work with us over time.
Write to the teamA local NGO, run by volunteers
Child Rights Georgia is a local Georgian NGO. We receive no public, institutional or foreign funding. Our work is carried out by volunteers and professionals contributing pro bono time in Georgia and abroad.
Work with us
Tell us about a recurring problem, contribute research or professional knowledge, help with a translation, or join the work on a proposed change. We welcome families, young people, lawyers, psychologists, teachers, researchers and journalists.
We also welcome cooperation with public institutions and professional organisations ready to discuss a problem and take action. Write to info@childrights.ge with a short introduction and the issue you would like to work on.
Write to the team