for judicial purposes (e)
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;
Any public official 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
(f)
None
Victims receive substantial
compensation and adequate
medical treatment and
rehabilitation (g)
No mechanism in place
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;
CPC article 30(1) provides that a person
harmed by any crime can attach a civil
action for compensation to a criminal case
with CPC article 33(4) containing a
safeguard ensuring the protection of the
best interests of the victims;
CPC article 33(4), which provides that the
failure to identify the perpetrator is not a
hindrance for a victim to bring an action
before the civil courts on the basis of state
liability, came into force on 1 January
2007;
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Campaigns aimed to raise awareness are
foreseen by para. 5(3) of the Anti-Torture
Action Plan; the latter also contains
Government: In 2009, compensation was
granted to a torture victim in one case. The
victim applied in 2008 to the
Administrative Chamber of the Tbilisi City
Court, which accorded the person in 9000
GEL (approx. 5280 USD).
Rehabilitation programmes are provided
by a non-profit, non-governmental
organization, which offers professional
medical, social and psychological services
to the victims and their family members.
Activities are conducted in centre’s
facilities and through outreach
A/HRC/13/39/Add.6
CPC articles 219-229 deal with
compensation for damages sustained as a
result of illegal actions by lawenforcement organs.
Non-governmental sources: The major
goal of the criminal justice reform is to
create conditions for the rehabilitation and
re-integration of convicts, an aim set by
article 39 of the Criminal Code of
Georgia. At the moment, no measures are
in place to ensure such re-integration.
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