On 25 February 2015 at 10:00 Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Council of Europe (CoE)/European Union (EU) Joint Programme “Human Rights in Prisons and Other Closed Institutions” are organising a presentation „Independent Investigative Mechanism: a Model for Georgia” at the hotel “Holiday Inn”, Tbilisi.
Council of Europe (CoE) expert, Professor Manfred Nowak, who has been visiting Georgia to assess the model and give consultations on its implementation, will also present his opinion to the representatives of authorities, Ombudsman’s office and civil society organisations.
Investigation of serious human rights violations committed by members of the law enforcement bodies has different character, requiring additional guarantees for independence and transparency. Georgia does not have a separate body for investigating this kind of violations, although, there are number of successful models worldwide. The Government has decided to explore the possibility of establishing such mechanism based on the recommendations of the CoE, OHCHR, EU and other international and local human rights monitoring organisations and also reflected this decision in its Human Rights Action Plan for 2014-2016. To respond to this initiative, draft model on independent investigative mechanism was developed, assessed and consulted on and it will be officially presented and debated at the event.
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Press contacts:
Ana Toklikishvili, Open Society Georgia Foundation, Mob: +995 595 221 999, E-mail: Anuka@csf.ge, www.csf.ge
Natia Kharaishvili, Council of Europe, Mob:+995 591 191 613, E-mail: Natia.KHARAISHVILI@coe.int
