On September 4, 2018, representatives of the LAS Adjara Legal Aid Bureau met with the population of Tkhilnari village, Khelvachauri municipality.
The consultant Nino Sharashidze and the lawyer Nato Iremadze provided the local population with the detailed information about activities and functions of the Service, accessibility of free legal consultation for all and basic and exceptional criteria of rendering free legal assistance.
The main purpose of the meeting was to introduce the locals with the system of free legal assistance, to inform them about the actual issues such as loan agreement (with banks, pawnshops, etc.), inheritance issues, registration of immovable objects, protection from violence against women and domestic violence, restrictive and protective orders, rules and terms of issuing, rights of victim/alleged victim of violence, family law issues, rule and procedure for recognizing people with disabilities as beneficiaries of support, possibility of free advocacy service and other topics, which are necessary for the population to be aware in order to protect their rights.
The locals asked many legal questions during the meeting. Personal consultations were rendered to some of them too. In the end, the Tkhilnari locals received LAS information brochures.