State Inspector’s Service launched criminal prosecution against 5 law enforcers in 2019
The State Inspector’s Service has been operating in Georgia since May 10, 2019, and aims to study alleged offences committed by law enforcers. It also monitors the lawfulness of personal data processing. Photo: IPN.
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The State Inspector’s Service launched criminal prosecution against five law enforcers in 2019, the State Inspector Londa Toloraia said while delivering an annual report to parliament.
Toloraia mentioned that citizens are often subjugated to physical and psychological abuse from employees of temporary detention centres.
One of the most important pieces of evidence for the State Inspector’s Service is health-assessment conclusions, as mainly cases are related to physical violence. In 2019, the agency conducted 59 health-assessment procedures and launched an investigation into one case, when a law enforcer forced an individual into giving testimony”, said Toloraia.
The State Inspector also mentioned that it is looking to rectify privacy violations when video cameras record sound in addition to image.
As a result of observing several public and private schools, the State Inspector’s Service found that some educational institutions had video surveillance systems not only in corridors, but also inside bathrooms. The report of the agency reads that ‘school staff didn’t consider such video monitoring a violation of private life’.
The State Inspector’s Service has been operating in Georgia since May 10, 2019, and aims to study alleged offences committed by law enforcers. It also monitors the lawfulness of personal data processing.
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.
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 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 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.