Georgia’s Special Investigation Service joins int’l network for cooperation
It also said membership in the IPCAN would also mean experience-sharing opportunities and use of international collaboration to implement best practices consistent with international standards. Photo: Special Investigation Service Press Office
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Georgia’s Special Investigation Service has become a member of the Independent Police Complaints' Authority Network, a body aiming to improve member institutions through coordinated efforts, safeguard fundamental rights and fulfil the rule of law.
The Service announced on Wednesday strengthening international cooperation represented one of its “top priorities”, noting it organised meetings with diplomats from nations with “comparable independent investigation processes” to build “long-term, close international collaborations”, in addition to being a part of the global network.
It also said membership in the IPCAN would also mean experience-sharing opportunities and use of international collaboration to implement best practices consistent with international standards.
The state body met requirements for participation in the Network within a year of its founding.
Established in 2012, IPCAN aims to facilitate collaborations between member organisations, exchange best practices for investigations and set uniform standards.
The multinational organisation is made up of independent governments from 22 nations.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday sent its condolences to families of two officers of its Patrol Police Department who were killed in a traffic accident in the central-eastern Shida Kartli region on Tuesday.
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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.
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