Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Information received in the reporting period closely cooperated with the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee on the Prevention of Torture and the CoE regional Project ―Combating Ill-treatment and Impunity‖. According to the Report to the Government on the visit to Georgia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture or inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment from 5 to 15 February 2010, no cases of torture have been revealed during the committee‘s examination. In addition, the CPT has also noted 80% decrease in number of illtreatment cases from the police in course of last five years. The Criminal Justice Reform (CJR) InterAgency Coordination Council, which was created in 2008, continues its activities in the criminal justice sphere. The Government periodically drafts progress reports on the implementation of the reforms within the framework of the criminal justice reform strategy and action plans. The progress reports are published on the webpage of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. The information about the ongoing reforms is publicly available at the Council‘s website. Within the framework of the Criminal Justice reform the following legislative acts were adopted: the new Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, New Imprisonment Code, the Juvenile Justice Prevention Strategy and the Prison Overcrowding Concept. Currently, the CJR Council works on the revision of the existing A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 62 Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Steps taken in previous years (See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2, A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 and A/HRC/16/52/Add.2)

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