(p) All investigative law
enforcement bodies establish
effective procedures for
internal monitoring and
disciplining of the behaviour
of their agents, with a view to
eliminating practices of
torture and ill-treatment.
Situation during visit
(See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3)
Information received in the reporting
period
Government: The special department of
the MCLA – the General Inspection – is in
charge of internal monitoring within the
Ministry and its subordinate entities.
The General Inspection ensures discipline
and legitimacy, detects facts of violations
of citizens‘ constitutional rights and legal
interests, official misconduct and other
illegal activities of their agents. It has also
the obligation to identify the facts related
to the allegations and to conduct
investigation in the appropriate way. In
2011, Human Rights Unit was created
within the General Inspection which has
been specifically trained in order to
enhance the monitoring process of
penitentiary establishments. This unit
efficiently ensures the total conformity of
inmates‘ nutrition, living and sanitary
conditions, as well as the level of medical
services with internationally recognized
human rights standards.
Human Rights Unit at the Office of Chief
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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)
testimony concerning the facts that were
provided to them during the
accomplishment of their functions;
(article 191 (5)).
The Office of the Public Defender has
been provided with additional financial
resources to cover respective NPM
expenses. The Office has recently opened
a call for the selection of experts for the
National Preventive Mechanism.
Law enforcement agencies, namely the
Ministries of Justice and Interior and the
Prosecution Service, have so-called
―General Inspections‖, responsible for
supervising the performance of their
personnel and investigating misconduct;
On 19 June 2006, the Code of Ethics for
Prosecutors was approved by Order No. 5
of the Prosecutor General;
A Code of Police Ethics for the Ministry
of Internal Affairs signed by the Minister
of Interior on 5 January 2007 and entered
into force;
The Human Rights Unit within the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
conducts random and unscheduled checks
in temporary detention isolators including
the register, complaints, allegations of
mistreatment, etc.; steps to ensure more
transparency of the activities of the Unit
were taken;
The Prisoner‘s Rights Protection Unit
within the penitentiary system conducts
visits, providing on the spot legal
consultations; the Medical Supervision
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