Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) on expert forensic evidence for judicial purposes. Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Government: No special license requirement is envisaged for forensic medical expertise services. Under the present legislation, forensic expertise can be carried out by a medical institution with a relevant medical license. Any person having completed higher medical education and owning a state certificate in forensic medicine can work as a forensic expert. There is a right to conduct alternative forensic medical expertise on one‘s own expenses. - Several forensic expertise bureaus exist in the country, including one public legal entity and other private ones. Article 183 CPC provides that a suspect can be suspended from duty by a judge if some pre-conditions are fulfilled. Para. 1(4) of the Anti-Torture Action Plan aims at the implementation of the rule that any public official charged with abuse or torture shall be suspended from duty. Information received in the reporting period for the resolution of the case. The judicial expertise is being carried out by the ―Levan Samkharauli National Bureau of Judicial Expertise‖ which is an independent legal entity of public law. Action Plan for 2011-2013 on combating ill-treatment stipulates activities for enhancement of professionalism of Samkharauli Medical Forensic Agency staff in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol. Government: In relation to the case of illtreatment of a prisoner R.P. in the Penitentiary Establishment No. 2 in Kutaisi, the prosecutor‘s office commenced investigation based on Article 144.3 (b) and 333 (b). In course of investigation, two employees were suspended from duty. On 22 August 2011, two Kutaisi Penitentiary Establishment 73 A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 (f) Any public official None indicted for abuse or torture, including prosecutors and judges implicated in colluding in or ignoring evidence, be immediately suspended from duty pending trial, and prosecuted. 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) Ministry of Justice. The President of Georgia shall appoint the head of the National Bureau, who shall present the statute of the National Bureau to the Government for approval; Fees for forensic expertise are defined by governmental decree; as a legal entity of public law, the National Bureau is entitled to carry out remunerated activities as noted in its statute.