Duration: 2016- 2017 years

Financed by: 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: 800 000 Euro

The main goal: To continue strengthening human rights of people in prisons, police detention and other facilities and improve access to healthcare including mental health for persons deprived of their liberty.

The Project will tackle three main challenges for prisons, police detention and psychiatric facilities in Georgia:

• Access to adequate health care;
• Protecting human rights of persons in need of psychiatric care, and preventing ill-treatment;
• Strengthening internal and external oversight mechanisms.

Through this Project the Council of Europe will continue to support the Georgian Authorities to reinforce results achieved during the first phase of the project aiming at better protection of human rights and further improvement of healthcare in closed institutions.