Justice minister, Eurojust president discuss Georgia's European perspective
The sides also discussed the possibility of training and work exchange programmes between the agencies. Photo: Justice ministry
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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.
Bregadze highlighted the “excellent cooperation” between Georgia and EU member states in the field of extradition and criminal law, and the officials emphasised that the “strong sectoral” cooperation has been helpful to Georgia in the European integration process.
The justice minister “expressed hope” that the aforementioned process would “end positively” in the “near future”, with Georgia receiving the EU membership candidate status, after the country had been granted the European perspective by the European Council in June.
The sides also discussed the possibility of training and work exchange programmes between the agencies.
The Eurojust's main activity is the coordination of the cooperation of EU member states in criminal cases, including non-EU partner states in the process of European integration. The agreement between Georgia and the Eurojust was signed in 2019.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his Government would discuss its progress and ongoing reforms at the meeting of the European Union-Georgia Association Council in Brussels on Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
Boštjan Škrlec, the Vice President of Eurojust, the European Union’s Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation based in the Hague, on Wednesday hailed Georgia as a “very strong player” in the investigation of complex transnational crime.