Council of Europe: Georgia has implemented 7 of 16 recommendations to prevent corruption among MPs, judges, prosecutors
The report reads that the regulations on transparency of the legislative process on the side of the parliament 'have been greatly enhanced ... but rules should also be adopted to allow for meaningful consultations to take place'. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Over the past two years, Georgia has implemented two more recommendations issued by the Council of Europe anti-corruption body GRECO in 2016 on the prevention of corruption amongst MPs, judges and prosecutors, said GRECO in a new compliance report published today.
All in all, seven out of 16 recommendations have been implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner, another seven have been partly implemented and two have still not been implemented", reads the report.
Today’s report is already the second to analyse the implementation of the 2016 recommendations.
The report reads that the regulations on transparency of the legislative process on the side of the parliament 'have been greatly enhanced ... but rules should also be adopted to allow for meaningful consultations to take place'.
Furthermore, training of MPs on the Code of Conduct has taken place, but further practical measures for the implementation of the Code (such as confidential counselling and monitoring) still have to become fully operational", reads the report.
GRECO urges the authorities to take further measures to enhance public trust in the recruitment processes of judges, be it to the Supreme Court or common courts, in particular in respect of the decision-making of the High Council of Justice.
GRECO regrets that the limitation of the broad immunity of judges is still under consideration and concludes that its recommendation that the immunity of judges be limited to activities relating to their participation in judicial decision-making remains not implemented.
As for prosecutors, positive measures have been taken for the practical implementation of the Code of Ethics and welcome improvements have been made to the rules on the recruitment and promotion of prosecutors. GRECO concluded that two of its recommendations in these areas have been implemented.
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The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO has published a new report on how Georgia has complied with GRECO’s 16 recommendations on preventing corruption among MPs, judges and prosecutors provided to the Georgian authorities back in January 2017.
Local NGO Transparency International Georgia (TI) says that dealing with various forms of corruption remains major challenge for Georgia.
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Swiss risk management company Global Risk Profile (GRP) has released the Global Corruption Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 41st, following 50th place last year, among 196 countries, and ahead of nine EU and NATO member states. On the index, which measures corruption risk levels in the countries, Georgia received a score of 33.26 on a 0-100 scale, while the risk of corruption in the country was evaluated as ‘low’.
Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, with Georgia ranking 45th among 180 countries and territories worldwide, and above all Eastern European and Central Asian states.
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