The organization “Young Barristers” on the case of a minor of EU and Czech citizenship, spreads the video of the LEPL Agency For State Care And Assistance For the (Statutory) Victims of Human trafficking Tbilisi Vake Saburtalo Regional Centre head social worker/Acting head Nino Iobashvili and Tbilisi Social Service Centre head, Giorgi Kupreishvili, who intentionally, with agreed actions against the minor’s father, manipulate in the name of the best interests of the child. It descirebs, how Nino Iobashvili and Giorgi Epitashvili reject the father to have communication with the minor and try to make the child forget the father.
“Young Barristers” explains, that the action was taken on June 7, 2020, of course, the participating subjects were informed about that. For now, 2 state agencies – Tbilisi Police Department Vake-Saburtalo Police 4th Division and Tbilisi Vake-Saburtalo Regional Centre, as a result of a joint operation, with a ground of neglecting the minor’s interests, towards the father, issued 30-day restraining order and transferred the baby towards the mother – Olivia Antony. Against the will of the child, the minor was taken out of her home using cat “Angelica”. Nino Iobashvili told the child to follow her from home to car whilst playing with the cat. The social worker, by manipulating the child’s emotions, took the minor in that way from home and placed her in the nearby car, where the mother was staying. In the video, dated June 7, it is seen, that Nino Iobashvili returns the cat to Antony Family. The present condition has shown that, due to the fact, that they took the cat out of the child, it led to a fast deterioration of her psycho-emotional background. Moreover, in the footage we can see, that Nino Iobashvili returns the paintings of the baby back to the father. Before, the family asked to give that paintings to Vanessa, due to positive emotions of them. Nino Iobashvili makes explanation, that the pictures can contain perceptions of conspiratorial meaning psychologically could make child’s mood more complicated. Therefore, the social worker refuses to hand over to the child the drawing, which was done by her before June 2, in order for her not to perceive the situation as a permanent disconnect with the father’s family and its environment. Moreover, the father demands, that due to the best interests of the child, the grandmother wanted to have telephone communication with the baby. Nino Iobashvili says, that for that it was needed to have Olivia Antony’s lawyer’s consent, on which the father replies, that he has such kind of written consent. Afterwards, Nino Iobashvili, in order to make phone call, clarifies that issue with Giorgi Epitashvili, who, in turn, answers, that Olivia Antony’s consent was needed and that issue should be dealt next day, but, as of July 12, 2020, the father has had no communication with the child. By the help of the named officials of Social Service Agency, the campaign to keep the child away from her father, has been already launched. Olivia Antony, without establishing the minor’s will, explains, that the child doesn’t want to continue having communication with the father and the father’s family. Moreover, the Social Service Agency and the Police lift off their responsibilities and no nothing for not obeying the temporary decision of the court. Accordingly, the father has no contact with his child for 40 Days. The baby is under influence and hallucinatory events, that was visible at the July 10, 2020 court hearing.
According to the June 29, 2020 Tbilisi City Court Administrative Cases Panel’s decision, the EU and Czech republic citizen’s complaint against Tbilisi Police Department Vake-Saburtalo Police 4th Section, was satisfied and 1 June, 2020 restraining order for not considering the interests of the minor has been annulled, as the basis of issuing the order was considered as unjustified and illegal – The 30 May 2020 Report of Tbilisi Vake-Saburtalo Regional Centre and it was determined, that the child’s legal representative, the father, had been unjustifiably restricted from having relationship with her child for 30 days as a result of a joint operation of mentioned state agencies.
According to “Young Barristers”, the family lived in the Czech Republic, and then moved to the Republic of Cyprus, but since 2017 the family has decided to choose Georgia as their living place. From 2018, the minor, father and grandmother have moved to Tbilisi, and the mother continued to live in the Republic of Cyprus. The father, because of the fact that the mother wasn’t taking care of the minor, took decision to file for divorce in Georgia. That caused Olivia Antony’s uncompromising stance, and despite the fact, that the mother had full information about where was her child, she stated in front of the relevant authorities of the Republic of Cyprus, that her child had disappeared.
The minor’s family rejects to send the juvenile back to the Republic of Cyprus voluntarily, as they have all the proper evidence to prove that the minor isn’t illegally presented in Georgia and she isn’t illegally detained there, as well. From the birth date, the minor lives with her father and the family of her father, who take care of her and create all the conditions to protect the best interests of the child. Based on the evidences presented in the case files, the mother showed unreliable parenting skills towards the child. Unfortunately, towards the mother of the minor, the Georgian Police for 3 times made restraining order. In 2 cases, for having conflict with husband and in one case because of psychological violence against the minor. After the fact, that the family of husband moved to Georgia from the Republic of Cyprus, in December 2018, the mother’s financial support was cut off, the woman filed a lawsuit on the basis of her daughter’s disappearance and based on legal methods started to harass her husband’s family, living in Georgia.
According to the Prague, Czech Republic, 2019 decision, which is in the force, the mother, against her husband’s will flew and on husband’s expenses stayed for 4 days in Amsterdam, where she wanted to try new type of marijuana. In the European country’s decision, Olivia Antony’s, as the mother’s obligations, are extremely negatively assessed. There is a 2016 year agreement between the spouses presented to the court, which, states out, that the mother refuses to use drugs in the presence of their child, not to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes during this, but that evidence, like other factual circumstances from that case, not considering the importance of them, are out of assessment and reaction from the agencies, which are obliged to make fast investigation and decisions.
As a result of hidden agreements and against the best interests of the minor, in the presented case, the role of LEPL Agency for State Care and Assistance For the (Statutory) Victims of Human trafficking and its territorial structure – Tbilisi Vake-Saburtalo Regional Centre Head Social Worker/Acting Head Nino Iobashvili and Tbilisi Social Service City Centre Head, Giorgi Kupreishvili, who have no administrative, communication, professional-ethic competence and for several times violate the rules of being unbiased, are extremely negatively assessed, as they act subjectively, are stated as a side of the dispute and make the supportive campaign in favor of Olivia Antony, against the another legal representative of the minor – Father, and to his fundamental rights. There are facts of alleged violence against a child by a social worker – Nino Iobashvili
Nino Iobashvili violates the basic principles of the Law on Social Work (social work is based on the principle of equality). With regard to the father, the principle of proportionally, as from their side the whole series of defamatory documents have been presented, which serve the purpose of immorality of the father and starting the, criminal proceedings towards him. (A measure to be implemented by a social worker shall serve to protect the best interest of a beneficiary. The selected measure shall be appropriate, necessary and proportionate.) Nino Iobashvili violates the obligation to maintain good faith and professional ethics, since the reports and letters made by her is consisted of falsified facts (A social worker shall carry out social work in accordance with the purposes of this Law, and values and ethical principles.) Nino Iobashvili, based on the case files, is biased and expresses only the interest of minor’s mother, and in the family dispute is side. (it shall be inadmissible for a social worker to be a party to any transaction or to act according to subjective interests.) She doesn’t have the legal, strategic, administrative, professional or ethical competence required by law. As she refuses to respond to the father’s violated right, and only is interested to take decision in favor of her mother, didn’t intentionally give 74 year old Grandma Permission to have relationship with her grandchild, didn’t react on not fulfilling the temporary decision by the mother’s side, doesn’t know English and the Czech languages. On question, how she described the child’s position on various issues, whilst the baby speaks on Czech Language and can understand English language, in front of the court she said, that the submitted documents was made based on the child’s gestures. Nino Iobashvili’s correspondence with the child’s father is very shameful, as the opinions which should be on English language are electronically submitted in Russian, with incorrect grammar notes, which in the end creates an example of incompetence of the social worker in the named dispute. (In order to exercise the powers provided for by this Law, Aritcle 43, a social worker shall have the following competencies). Therefore, the organization calls the Social Workers actions shameful and categorically demands that their activities be checked and raise the issue of official responsibility on her. Nino Iobashvili’s competence creates more serious ground for bias and selfishness, deserves public distrust and requires urgent decisions by the supervisory structures.
To note out: “Young Barristers” got involved in the case from November 2019, after the first instance court’s decision. In the Tbilisi Court of Appeals the case is reviewed by 3 judges: Natalia Nazghaidze (Chairman), Maia Sulkhanishvili, Maia Gigauri, in Tbilisi City Court the case was reviewed by Irina Zarqua
