The Tbilisi City Council’s Naming and Symbolism Commission voted to name the street after human rights defender Irakli Qemoklidze. In Tbilisi, the section of Tskalsadeni Street in the Gldani district, where the Irakli Qemoklidze Day Center and Association - “Ika-21” is located, was named after him.
Many thanks to the Tbilisi City Assembly.

Tbilisi City Assembly Commission on Names and Symbols, members of the Assembly, all supporters, my friends, colleagues, recommenders, relatives, who participated in the immortalization of the memory of my son, Irakli Kemoklidze.
There is a street named after Irakli Kemoklidze in the city of Tbilisi, this is a great appreciation and support, a recognition of my son's contributions and merits, words are not enough to express my gratitude, it was a very moving, at the same time, proud day when I went to work and saw Irakli Kemoklidze's name and surname on the sign.
Irakli Kemoklidze entered the history of the Georgian disability movement as a human rights defender and civil activist who, through his advocacy, changed the lives of many disabled people.

Irakli Kemoklidze set a precedent. He was the first disabled person who, with the support of his mother, appealed to the Constitutional Court to protect his rights, demanding that a number of norms related to persons recognized as legally incapacitated be recognized as unconstitutional.
On October 8, 2014, the Constitutional Court adopted a decision No. 2/4/532014, by which it recognized the existing legislative regulations on the limitation of legal capacity for persons with mental and intellectual disabilities as unconstitutional.
This court decision laid the foundation for the implementation of the much-publicized legal capacity reform in Georgia.
The Constitutional Court set the Parliament of Georgia six months to bring the challenged legislative norms into line with the Constitution. In March 2015, the Parliament of Georgia adopted a package of amendments to 36 laws.

With these amendments, Georgian legislation has been brought into line with Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Article 12 of the Convention recognizes the equal right of all people to be recognized as subjects of the law and prohibits the restriction of legal capacity on the basis of disability. With the direct participation and merit of Irakli Kemoklidze, civil rights were restored to persons with disabilities in Georgia, including the right to participate in elections.
It was Irakli Kemoklidze's lawsuit and court decision that became the basis for the reform of the legal capacity system in the country and the transition to a social model. Irakli Kemoklidze, with his perseverance, advocacy for the rights of persons with disabilities, and civil activism, proved that the struggle always has a meaning, thereby laying the foundation for large-scale changes in Georgia.

Irakli Kemoklidze died on February 6, 2021, but his struggle did not pass without a trace, his name went down in history and will be passed down from generation to generation.
For his protection of the rights of persons with disabilities and outstanding civil activism, as a human rights defender and civil activist, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

I was proud during my lifetime and I am proud even after my death to be Irakli's mother!

Maia Asakashvili