Georgia joins forces with 58 countries to stop trade in goods of death and torture

Georgia is joining forces with 58 countries to stop the trade in goods used to carry out the death penalty and commit torture.

Georgia joined the international Alliance for Torture-Free Trade that was launched during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York this week.

The initiative – a joint effort by the European Union, Argentina and Mongolia with a total of 58 participating countries – aims to stop the trade in goods used to carry out the death penalty and commit torture.

By joining the international Alliance for Torture-Free Trade Georgia will aim to shut down the trade of tools of death and pain, such as batons with metal spikes, electric shock belts, grabbers that seize people while electrocuting them, chemicals used to execute people and the forced injection systems that go with them, are still traded across the globe.

These products serve no other purpose than inflicting terrible pain and killing people. Now, we are taking concrete action to shut down this despicable trade… By standing together, we demonstrate that we will not tolerate this trade any longer," said European Union Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom.