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Georgia - OPCAT Situation

Updated 06.06.2013

Georgia ratified the OPCAT in 2005 and designated the Public Defender’s Office (Ombudsperson's Office) as its NPM in 2009.

The decision was reached after a series of roundtables, concluded with the adoption of the proposal advanced by the Ministry of Justice. Some amendments were brought to the Ombudsperson's founding legislation to grant the institution additional powers according to the OPCAT.

A NPM Unit was created within the Public Defender's Office, composed of 6 staff and assisted by 25 independent experts, drawn from civil society groups. The Georgian NPM is conducting regular visits to places of detention: in the first half of 2011, the NPM reported having carried out 241 ad hoc and 36 planned visits to penitentiary establishments.

The SPT member Victor Zaharia is the SPT Focal Point for Georgia.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification August 9, 2005
UNCAT Ratification November 11, 1993
NPM Designated

Public Defender (Ombudsperson's Office)

NPM Type

National Human Rights Institution - NPM Unit

NPM Legal Framework

Organic Law on Georgia Public Defender (13 June 1996) and its amendments

Information
Population 4 661 473
Area (sq km) 69 700
Number of prisons 17
Prison population 23 227
Quick links

Communication to the SPT: Official Correspondence from Georgia (24 October 2008) and Official Correspondence (28 October 2009)

CAT: Concluding Observations (May 2006)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (March 2011) and Annual Report on Monitoring of Children's homes (2010), brought to the attnetion of the UPR

SRT: Report (February 2005)

CPT: Report (February 2010)

Commissioner on Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (April 2011)