and has been reflected in its resolution.195 According to the reply received from the Ministry, the Human Rights and Investigation Quality Monitoring Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia examined documents on arrest and provision of information on arrest196 throughout Georgia and found no significant violations of the requirements of procedural law. In addition, the Ministry's letter reads that the Department prepared a recommendation on the methodology of drawing up an arrest document, as well as a separate form of a document on the provision of information about arrest, which shall be filled in by persons authorized to detain. As for the mechanism of controlling the realization of the right, the letter reads that the Department conducts daily monitoring of criminal cases and checks the protection of the detainees’ rights within the framework of the monitoring. The Public Defender welcomes the development of a recommendation on the methodology of drawing up an arrest document and a separate form of the document on the provision of information about arrest, and hopes that they will be approved and put into practice soon. At the same time, the Public Defender/Special Preventive Group will actively monitor the practical enforcement of the detainees' contact with family members/relatives/lawyers. 6 recommendations issued to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia concerned audio-video recording as one of the safeguards against ill-treatment.197 In particular, in the first recommendation, the Public Defender called on the Ministry to record with electronic equipment (audio-video) the provision of information to the detainees about their rights by police officers in several police facilities, in a pilot mode. The recommendation has not been implemented. According to the reply received from the Ministry, they do not agree with the recommendation. Interviews conducted by the Special Preventive Group showed that, like previous years, informing detainees about their rights by police remains problematic.198 Therefore, in order to facilitate the realization of the fundamental right of the detainee and monitoring of this process, it is important to record (audio-video) the process of informing detainees of their rights. It should be noted that the above should be in the interests of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as well, as the recordings can be used to protect police officers from false allegations and to assess and further enhance the professional skills. In the second recommendation, the Public Defender called on the Ministry to ensure continuous audiovideo recording of interviews in several police facilities, in a pilot mode. The recommendation has not been implemented. According to the reply received from the Ministry, they do not agree with the recommendation. In addition, according to the reply, the recommendation can be implemented only by amending the criminal procedure law, which is beyond the competence of the Ministry. It should 195 Resolution of the Parliament of Georgia on the Report of the Public Defender of Georgia on the Situation of Human Rights and Freedoms in Georgia in 2018. 196 The reply received from the Ministry reads that up to 800 detention documents were examined from January 1, 2018 to June 20, 2019. 197 For more information, see the chapter on audio and video recording/documentation. 198 For more information, see the chapter on safeguards against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Informing detainees of their rights. 73