Georgia
Practice Relating to Rule 131. Treatment of Displaced Persons
Section C. Respect for family unity
Georgia’s Law on Internally Displaced Persons (2014) states: “All IDPs [internally displaced persons] have the right to respect [for] family unity. Family shall not be artificially disintegrated or united against the will of family members.”
The Law on Internally Displaced Persons (2014) defines an internally displaced person as follows:
A citizen of Georgia or a stateless person with a status residing in Georgia shall be considered as an IDP, if he/she was forced to leave his/her permanent place of residence because of threat to his/her or his/her family member[s’] life, health or freedom caused by the occupation of the territory by a foreign state, aggression, armed conflict, mass violence and/or massive human rights violations and/or he/she cannot return to his/her permanent place of residence due to the above mentioned reasons.