Psychiatric institutions
In the 2019 report of the National Preventive Mechanism, the Public Defender of Georgia issued 19
recommendations and 1 proposal for the prevention of ill-treatment in psychiatric institutions. 18 of them
were reflected in the resolution of the Parliament of Georgia and the relevant tasks were given to the
state agencies. 11 The proposal to the Parliament of Georgia was implemented. One recommendation to
the Government of Georgia has been partly implemented.
Out of 18 recommendations issued to the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied
Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, 2 were partly implemented, while 16
recommendations are not implemented at this point.
2
partly implemented
not implemented
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18 recommendations issued to the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories,
Labor, Health and Social Affairs
Dialogue with International Partners
On March 30, 2021, the United States Department of State released its 2020 Human Rights Report on
Georgia. The report reviews the situation in penitentiary establishments and presents the findings of the
2019 report of the National Preventive Mechanism of the Public Defender.12
The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) positively assessed the activities of the National
Preventive Mechanism of the Public Defender of Georgia and posted a video13 of the activities of the
Mechanism on its social networks. The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) emphasizes that
Resolution of the Parliament of Georgia on the Report of the Public Defender of Georgia on the Situation of Human
Rights and Freedoms in Georgia in 2019.
12 United States Department of State 2020 Report available at: https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-onhuman-rights-practices/georgia/ [last visited 31.03.21].
13Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), available at the following address: https://cutt.ly/6x2DdXN [last visited
17.02.21].
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