National Preventive Mechanism Unfortunately, in number of cases policemen themselves violate human rights. In accordance with the body of principles for the protection of all persons under any for of detention or imprisonment, 44 “all persons under any form of detention or imprisonment shall be treated n a humane manner and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person”. During the monitoring the Special preventive Group paid particular attention to the issue of treatment of those detained on the part of policemen both during and after the detention. The Special Preventive Group studied reports of external injuries to those detained in every temporary detention isolators. In several cases, a person did not complain against the police though noted that injuries were received during the detention. Also, there were cases when level and gravity of described injuries prompted us to think that the person was subjected to ill-treatment. There were also cases when suspicious injuries were noted on several persons detained together. Some of them noted that injuries were received prior to the detention. During the reporting period, Public Defender was addressed by citizens that referred to ill-treatment on the part of the police during detention. Each of these facts has been sent to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office and investigation is ongoing. Pursuant to reply received from the Ministry of Interior of Georgia, in the first half of 2012, 7868 persons were settled in temporary detention isolators operating on the territory of Georgia. Injuries were noted in case of 54 persons and 16 out of them complained against the police. In the second half of 2012, 5106 persons were settled in temporary detention isolators out of which 1010 persons had injuries, while 26 of them lodged complaints against the police. The first half of 2012 Samtskhe Javakheti Region 206 Samegrelo-Zemo svaneti region 865 Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region 216 Kakheti Region 599 Kvemo Kartli Region 567 Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti ... 6 Shida Kartli Region 393 Guria Region 271 0 0 13 4 2 20 1121 1 4 1 0 2 0 Adjara Region 528 2 Tbilisi N2 TDI 2764 16 4 Tbilisi N1 TDI 338 3 0 94% Total 44 1 0 Injury 96% 98% 2 100% Complaints expressed Adopted by 43/173 resolution of December 9, 1988 of the General Assembly www.ombudsman.ge NPM Report