Project duration: March 2013 – September 2015
Financed: European Union/ Council of Europe
Implementing Partners: Ministry of corrections of Georgia; Ministry of justice of Georgia; Ministry of Labour Health and Social Affairs of Georgia; Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia;
Project budget: 3 340 000 EUR
The overall goal: To strengthen human rights and improve the provision of healthcare (including psychiatric care) in prisons, police detention and other closed facilities in Georgia, in line with European standards.
The main activities:
- To improve the provision of health care in prisons and police detention facilities, in line with European standards;
- To strengthen the protection of human rights of those with mental disorders in prisons, police detention facilities and other closed facilities, such as psychiatric institutions, in line with European standards;
- To strengthen the monitoring and investigative functions of state bodies to prevent and combat ill-treatment and impunity, in line with European and other international standards.