Report on the State of Human Rights in Institutions for Persons with Disabilities According to a 14-year-old beneficiary, “nurses, M., A., and N, beat an 11-year-old child who sometimes goes crazy. They pull the hair of other children when they make the nurses angry.” According to an 18-year-old beneficiary, the nurses shout at him/her, pull his/her hair, and make him/her stand in the corner, while they beat aforementioned 11-year-old beneficiary. “A.M. (nurse) refused to let me go to have a meal twice” (S/he was not able to specify the dates). A15-year-old child declared: “They make us stand in the corner, telling us that it is the punishment we deserved; they pull his/her hair, all the three nurses beat the 11-year-old child, sometimes they don’t let him/her go for a meal as punishment. All the three nurses do so” (again the aforementioned nurses – M., A., and N.). In connection with the visit of the preventive group, all the beneficiaries declared: “We knew you were coming; they told us to tell you good things.” A 15-year-old juvenile declared that s/he didn’t have any guarantees that the administration would not learn about the results of the interview and, for this reason, refused to be interviewed by the members of the groups from the beginning. In addition, a 13-year-old beneficiary declared: “the nurses shout at me, pull my hair, and make me stand in the corner.” According to 13-year-old beneficiary, some beneficiaries who do not obey nurses are abused by other beneficiaries, which the nurses do not prevent; two girls pull other girls’ hair, slap them, and make them stand in the corner. The Makhinjauri Infant House 113 Representatives of the institution expressed protest against the information about ill-treatment towards beneficiaries carried out by their co-workers that was published in the previous report114. However, we again received information about abuse on the part of the staff during the current monitoring. According to a five-year-old beneficiary, “N., M., and M. beat children; N. has also beaten me.” According to a seven-year-old beneficiary, “N. shouts at the children” (information about ill-treatment of children by N.G. was also included in the aforementioned special report). A five-year-old child declared upon entering the room that “s/he loves everyone,” though no one had asked him/ her about it. Also, another five-year-old said during the interview that “the care-givers told me to tell you that no one beats me.” Public Defender of Georgia addresses the Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia and the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia with recommendations to: inquire all possible cases of abuse and neglect of persons with disabilities and take measures envisaged by the Georgian legislation against the abusers; ensure the rehabilitation of victims of abuse; introduce an effective system of prevention, identification, and response to abuse and neglect of persons with disabilities which will ensure that such facts are revealed and responded to in a timely manner. 113 children up to 5 years, including children with disabilities are enrolled 114 Public Defender of Georgia, the National Preventive Mechanism, Special Report on the Monitoring of Residential Childcare Institutions (large children’s homes and small, family-type homes) for 2011 NPM Report 2012 In the opinion of the experts of the preventive group, the children were warned by care-givers before the interviews.