•• Meeting with Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
•• Meeting with James Murdoch, the expert of the Council of Europe. The
problems existing in the temporary detention isolators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the possible solutions were discussed during the meeting.
•• The NPM met the members of the European Committee for the Prevention
of Torture (CPT) and informed them of the situation of the human rights
protection at the places of deprivation of liberty.
•• Within the official visit to Strasburg several very important meeting were
held with representatives of the Council of Europe and informed them of the
human rights situation in the closed institutions in Georgia.
•• The NPM actively cooperated and periodically held meetings with the repre-
sentatives of the UNHCR basically on the issue of protection of aliens in the
places of deprivation of liberty.
•• The NPM communicated with the UNDP. With the support of the latter the
guidelines for visiting adult male prison were elaborated.
•• The NPM maintained contacts with the SPT and updated its members with
the human rights situation at the places of deprivation of liberty and information concerning the activities carried out by the NPM.
1.2.3. PUBLIC RELATIONS
The provision of information concerning the human rights situation at the places of
deprivation of liberty to the public remains one of the priority objectives set by the
NPM. This objective is achieved by publishing after visit, special and annual reports,
organizing various events and making public statements on different issues through
media.
In June 2014, the NPM presented its activity report and the special report concerning
persons with disabilities in prisons, temporary detention isolators and the National
Centre for Mental Health. It is noteworthy that such study on the issues of persons with
disabilities in detention was carried out for the first time and it received recognition
from relevant stakeholders shortly.
On 10 December 2014, the Public Defender of Georgia held the presentation of the
human rights situation in Georgia and on the occasion of the Human Rights Day hosted
the reception.
After 1 October 2014, when the Department of Prevention and Monitoring became
solely focused on proactive measures, for the first time it began to produce, send to
relevant authorities and publish after visit reports. Since October 1st, 2014, overall 5
after visit reports were eventually prepared.
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