Georgian Justice Minister discusses criminal law cooperation, electronic communication in EU Ministerial Meeting
Bregadze also said effectiveness and strengthening of e-services had become “even more relevant” in the light of ongoing war in Ukraine, which showed the importance of creating “additional tools” for electronic communications and services with non-EU countries. Photo: Ministry of Justice/Facebook.
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Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze discussed cooperation in the field of criminal law and digital exchange of information at a Ministerial Meeting of European Union member state justice ministers alongside his Ukrainian and Moldovan counterparts on Tuesday in Prague.
Bregadze highlighted the “good experience” of cooperation with EU member states in the field of criminal law and noted the format of cooperation included both bilateral relations and active participation in joint activities against crime, as organised within the framework of the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, the Justice Ministry said.
The Minister noted Georgia would “actively” participate in the initiative of implementing cooperation by electronic means if EU member states expressed interest, and added the country already had experience in the field through its use of platforms for electronic signatures and digital exchange of documents “for years”.
Bregadze also said effectiveness and strengthening of e-services had become “even more relevant” in the light of ongoing war in Ukraine, which showed the importance of creating “additional tools” for electronic communications and services with non-EU countries.
The latest studies and articles published in leading English-language scientific journals, as well as international case law databases, are now available to the staff of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia via HeinOnline - an international Law Resources Database, the Ministry announced earlier on Monday.
The latest report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Georgia was presented by the country’s delegation on Wednesday to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
The European Court of Human Rights has not received “a single complaint” about human rights violations at the Georgian penitentiary system since 2013, Georgian Minister of Justice Rati Bregadze said on Friday at a plenary session of the Georgian Parliament.
Reforms in the penitentiary and probation systems under the Justice Ministry, as well as land registration initiative in municipalities across the country were mentioned by Minister Rati Bregadze in his 2021 report on the state body’s work on Friday.
Georgian justice minister Rati Bregadze and Ladislav Hamran, the president of the European Union agency for criminal justice cooperation, on Tuesday, discussed Georgia’s “prioritised” cooperation with the Eurojust and the EU countries.
Georgian justice minister Rati Bregadze and his Czech counterpart Pavel Blažek on Tuesday signed a joint declaration of cooperation between the ministries in the field of justice reform and support for digital governance.
A digital learning platform Digital University for convicts in penitentiary institutions has been launched for the first time in Georgia, allowing convicted students to remotely receive a comprehensive higher education, attend lectures online and have direct, interactive communication with lecturers, the justice ministry announced on Saturday.