RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MINISTER OF CORRECTIONS OF GEORGIA: • To lay down clear instructions with the view of ensuring the confidentiality of doctor-inmate interaction and ensure their practical implementation; • To amend the Procedure for Registering Injuries of Remand/Convicted Inmates at the Penitentiary Establishments of the Ministry of Corrections Sustained as the Result of Alleged Torture, and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, as approved by Order no. 131 of the Minister of Corrections of Georgia, dated 26 October 2016 with the view of o determining the obligation of health-care professionals to notify the Office of the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia where they obtain information or conclude that an inmate could have been subjected to ill-treatment; o Entitling health-care professionals to decide about notifying the investigative authorities with the due regard to the interests of the inmate and the public. • To draft amendments to the Imprisonment Code of Georgia for determining the obligation of health-care professionals of penitentiary establishments to notify the Office of the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia, whenever they obtain information or conclude that an inmate could have been subjected to ill-treatment. TO THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF GEORGIA: • To draft an amendment to the Criminal Code of Georgia for criminalising torture committed through the acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity and to submit the draft amendment to the Government of Georgia for its initiation in the Parliament; • To draft an amendment to the Law of Georgia on Legal Aid so that adequate legal aid is secured for the alleged victims of ill-treatment in all cases and to submit the draft amendment to the Government of Georgia with the view of its initiation in the Parliament; and • To amend Order no. 34 of the Minister of Justice, dated 7 July 2013, which approved Determining Investigative and Territorial Jurisdiction of Criminal Cases, for authorising the Office of the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia to investigate alleged crimes of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment of inmates. PROPOSALS TO THE PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA: • To amend Article 1441 of the Criminal Code of Georgia for criminalising torture committed through the acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity 30 HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CLOSED INSTITUTIONS