E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3 page 28 Notes 1 See the reports of the Committee’s visit of 6 to 18 May 2001 (CPT/Inf (2002) 14 and CPT/Inf (2004) 1), and of 18 to 28 November 2003 and 7 to 14 May 2004 (CPT/Inf (2005) 12). 2 Second periodic report of Georgia to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR/C/GEO/2000/2), para. 113. See also the concluding observations of the Committee against Torture (A/56/44, para. 82 (a)), and the concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee (CCPR/CO/74/GEO), para. 8. 3 Article 144 of the Criminal Code was amended on 23 June 2005 to bring the definition of torture into line with the Convention, and provides for penalties of 7-15 years’ imprisonment. 4 In accordance with amendments of the Criminal Procedure Code of 25 March 2005, effective 1 January 2006, the maximum period of pretrial detention will be reduced to four months. 5 See note 3. 6 See State party reports to CAT (CAT/C/48/Add.1), para. 21, and to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR/C/GEO/2000/2), para. 140. 7 During the mission previous communications for which no replies had been received were retransmitted to the Government, and it responded to most of them by letter dated 22 March 2005 (see the country entry in the addendum on communications, document E/CN.4/2006/Add.1). 8 See the appendix on individual cases. 9 See note 4. Moreover, effective 1 January 2006, the current maximum period of detention of 32 months during trial proceedings, including the court of first instance, the court of appeal and the court of cassation, will be reduced to 12 months. The Government reported that the amendments to CPC on 25 March 2005 ensure that preference shall always be given to measures of constraint not related to the deprivation of liberty. -----