A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 page 44 accusation is well-founded, the punishment indicated in the motion is legitimate and the guilty plea is voluntary, i.e. without any type of coercion. The accused has the right to appeal the court judgment granting the plea agreement in the following cases: the agreement was concluded deceitfully or by use of violence or threat, the accused was deprived of the adequate legal assistance or the court substantially violated the requirements of law. 186. Recommendation (e) stated: Forensic medical services be placed under judicial or another independent authority, not under the same governmental authority as the police and the penitentiary system. Public forensic medical services should not have a monopoly on expert forensic evidence for judicial purposes; 187. Recommendation (f) stated: Any public official indicted for abuse or torture, including prosecutors and judges implicated in colluding in torture or ignoring evidence, be immediately suspended from duty pending trial, and prosecuted; 188. According to non-governmental sources, while criminal procedural legislation allows prosecutors to raise a motion before the judge to request the suspension of a suspected official, legislation does not provide for the positive obligation on the State to suspend an official (i.e. regardless of whether the prosecutor makes such a request or not). 189. According to the Government, Chapter XXIII CPC provides the legal grounds for suspension of the suspected/accused from duty. Namely, article 183 CPC prescribes that a suspect or accused person can be suspended from duty if there is a reasonable ground to believe that his/her stay at the place of work would hinder the establishment of the truth, or the compensation of damage resulting from the crime, or he/she would continue his/her criminal activity. The request for suspension of the person from duty is decided by the judiciary on the basis of a request submitted by a prosecutor or by an investigator upon the written consent of the prosecutor. 190. According to the general practice established at the General Inspection Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, and the General Inspection Service of the Prosecution Service of Georgia, when a police officer or a prosecutor is indicted for torture or ill-treatment, he/she is immediately suspended from his/her duty. 191. Recommendation (g) stated: Victims receive substantial compensation and adequate medical treatment and rehabilitation; 192. According to non-governmental sources, although domestic legislation contains provisions for compensation for victims of torture, there has so far not been any case of a victim receiving compensation. Reportedly public awareness about the possibility to claim compensation is very low, and often experienced lawyers including those working on cases involving allegations of torture are not aware of this possibility for redress. 193. With regard to compensation, Chapter IV entitled, “Civil action on criminal cases,” namely article 30(1) CPC, a person who sustained material, moral or physical

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