Georgia Radio

Prevention of Torture

Broadcasted by Euro View / Radio Green Wave on 08.10.2009

Guests

Giorgi Tugushi – Public Defender of Georgia,

Maka Jishkariani -  President of the Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture “Empathy”,

Irena Gabunia – Lawyer,  Georgian Young Lawyers Association;

Experts

Nikhil Roy – Program Development Director,  “Penal Reform International”,

Besarion Bokhashvili -  Deputy Team Leader of the EU project  Support To The Public Defender’s Office

Topics

The conference “ Prevention of Torture: What does it mean and how well do we do it in the South Caucasus?” was held in Tbilisi on the 1-2nd of October, within the framework of the EU funded project  “Torture Prevention in Georgia”, implemented by the organization “Penal Reform International”.

Guests in studio spoke about the importance of prevention of torture.  Georgia is the first post-soviet country that ratified the facultative protocol of the Convention against Torture.

In July 2009 the amendments to the  Law on Georgian Public Defender entered into force. The Public Defender Office is now in charge of the national prevention mechanism. International acts and recommendations were discussed.

Maka Jishkariani,  President of the rehabilitation centre for victims of torture “Empathy”, presented the project implemented by their organization in cooperation with the EU. Within the framework of this project representatives of “Empathy” are regularly monitoring Georgian jails.

 
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