Ombudsman.ge
On February 12, 2015 Public Defender of Georgia learned from the information disseminated in electronic media that people with wheelchair, who were invited to Paata Burtchuladze’s anniversary celebration, could not attend the concert because their needs were not considered [by organizers]– wheelchair ramp was not installed, though the sport palace, where the concert took place, had them. People with disabilities had to move with the support of security officers for what they left the palace in protest.
Non-adapted environment is the significant problem for the people with disabilities and it is impossible to properly realize the civil, political, social, economic or cultural rights unless this problem is addressed and these people are not allowed to participate in public activities. Non-adapted environment and conditions often becomes ground for the discrimination against people with limited possibilities.
Public Defender of Georgia decided to study the case with his own initiative in the frame of the authority assigned to him under the Law of Georgia on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination.