Partnership for Human Rights (PHR)

Partnership for Human Rights (PHR) was established in 2012 as a Georgian non-governmental organization that aims to create an environment where all humans have equal rights and opportunities to pursue happiness. PHR mainly works locally, concentrating its activities in Tbilisi (the capital); however, since there is a huge request for its services in the regions, PHR also undertakes activities in the regions of Georgia. PHR has the distinctive technical expertise and the capacity to achieve the planned results. In particular, for the last ten years, PHR has been working throughout the country for disadvantaged populations: women with disabilities, women who experienced gender-based violence, women of ethnic and religious minorities, children, and the LGBTQ community. PHR has earned its standing to represent women who experienced gender-based violence during several landmark cases that lasted for several years. These cases have earned public support and international recognition. Strategic litigation or impact litigation, also the capacity building of women, is a powerful tool for lawyering social change to adhere to an agenda that seeks to advance minority rights and achieve social justice. When used strategically, court cases can bring justice, reparations, and healing to the numerous women affected by multiple forms of discrimination. PHR has brought significant development for women who suffer domestic violence. In 2019, PHR won the first case that awarded a woman with financial compensation for domestic violence she had experienced before. Before that case, the perpetrators would only go to prison, and since PHR’s litigation, women started to request monetary compensation for the moral damage they suffered from domestic violence. PHR has made a significant achievement in preventing the separation of families based on the poverty factor. In 2021, PHR won the litigation that awarded a single mother and her three children 35000 GEL. The court forced the government