Gov’t launches State Inspector’s Service to study alleged offences by law enforcers
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The government of Georgia has allowed for the creation of the State Inspector’s Service that will study alleged offences committed by law enforcers, a decision that has long been requested by the civil sector and the opposition.
The new service will be chaired by the Personal Data Protection Inspector Tamar Kaldani, who will deal with both personal data issues and alleged violations by law enforcement employees.
There will be no conflict of interest as the Personal Data Protraction Service in not affiliated with law enforcement agencies,” Kaldani said.
Amendments are planned to 21 laws before the service officially kicks off.
The service will be controlled by parliament and the legislative body will appoint the heads for the new structure for a term of five years.
Georgia’s Personal Data Protection Office has signed its first international cooperation agreement with Poland that envisages cooperation in legislative, institutional and technological development of Georgia's data protection services.
Georgia’s Parliament has approved a move to expand the power of Georgia’s personal data protection inspector - a Government official tasked with protecting people’s right to privacy.
Parliament of Georgia has re-elected Tamar Kaldani as the Personal Data Protection Inspector for the second term. She will begin her second term from July 2 and continue monitoring the implementation of personal data protection legislation and lawfulness of data processing in the country.
The Georgian parliament has approved Londa Toloraia, the former head of Human Rights Department of the Interior Ministry, as the country’s first state inspector to investigate possible crimes committed by law enforcers.
A new, independent agency, the State Inspector’s Office, which replaced the Personal Data Protection Inspector’s Office back in July 2019, will begin its function to investigate possible crimes committed by law enforcers and state officials starting November 1.An event was held earlier today to mark the upcoming launch of the work of the agency and was attended by top Georgian officials.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has dismissed allegations by the family of a 15-year-old of allegedly applying psychological pressure at Tbilisi Didube-Chugureti police station last week, which may have led to a suicide attempt by the minor.
A 15-year-old minor who may have been led to a suicide attempt by psychological pressure at Tbilisi Didube-Chugureti police station last week, is in critical condition after surgery and doctors have him on assisted respiration, announced Edisher Magalashvili, a neurosurgeon at M. Iashvili Childrens Central Hospital.
Eight non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has demanded the State Inspector’s office investigate the recent murder of 24-year-old Murad Tsurtsumia who died in an incident involving Interior Ministry employee Zurab Popkhadze.
Member of political movement Lelo Vakhtang Robakidze has been questioned by the State Inspector’s Office, an independent agency which investigates alleged offences committed by law enforcers, as Robakidze Has accused police of physically attacking him after being detained.
The State Inspector’s Service launched criminal prosecution against five law enforcers in 2019 throughout Georgia, the State Inspector Londa Toloraia said while delivering an annual report to members of parliament earlier today.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office has been investigating alleged offenses committed by 11 law enforcement officers in 10 cases, at the request of the State Inspector’s Office between January 1, 2020 and November 17, 2021.
Georgian majoritarian MPs have put forward a new bill which proposes replacing the State Inspector's Service with Special Investigation and Personal Data Protection services.