UNDP, EU train Georgian police in “human-centred, disability-sensitive” service
Up to 2,200 members of the Patrol Police Department will be trained across the country as part of the programme. Photo: MIA.
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A training programme on the rights and communication standards for the persons with disabilities for Georgian police officers was launched on Friday with the support of the European Union and the United Nations Development Program, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA) reported earlier today.
600 Georgian patrol police officers are learning how to better protect the rights of people with #disabilities
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The exercise follows the training of trainers for @MIAofGeorgia staff organised by @EUinGeorgia @UNDPGeorgia @JointSDGFund
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The training aims to enhance the knowledge of police officers about the rights of, and communications with persons with disabilities, and to develop necessary skills among employees of the local police force.
Up to 2,200 members of the Patrol Police Department will be trained across the country as part of the programme, the Ministry revealed.
The news comes after a case of physical assault on a disabled person in a Tbilisi metro station in January, where two officers were arrested.
The criminal police should be more effective and should react more rapidly to the challenges that our society faces nowadays, says Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia.
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Tbilisi City Court has denied bail to two police officers, Nukri Bakradze and Kakhaber Bakashvili, who were arrested on Tuesday for a physical assault on a disabled 17-year-old in Tbilisi Metro on Sunday. In his comments on the ruling, judge Mikheil Jinjolia said “based on the standard of substantiated presumption, the crime committed against a person with disabilities was committed for no reason by police officers who are supposed to maintain order.”
An action plan for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities has been submitted to the Prosecutor General of Georgia for approval, the Prosecutor's Office announced on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Saturday announced the Patrol Police Department's unified service centres would offer up to 50 services for the deaf and hard of hearing individuals in sign language from 2023, to fulfil the tasks of the action plan for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities.