Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Steps taken in previous years (See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 43 reports in a common format to the Ministry of Justice and presented them orally; • The commissions have received technical support and monthly small allowances, to cover transportation and communication costs and, where identified by the commissions, emergency needs of prisoners • However, starting from early 2008, following a change in the administration of the Ministry of Justice, with the exception of one commission (Tbilisi n. 5 women’s convicted and pretrial and juveniles’ pretrial prison),commissions have not been given special access passes by the Ministry any more; also the already expired membership of the earliest established commissions was not renewed; the remaining commissions have not been set up (prison No. 8 in Gldani, juvenile colony); commission membership at Prison No.5 of Women and Juveniles expires at the end of November 2008 • Despite its inclusion in the state plan for the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy, an NPM under OPCAT not yet established • The Ombudsman of Georgia and civil society representatives support the mixed model of an NPM; The Public