Deputy Interior Minister says “effective” protection of minors’ rights, strengthening investigators’ capabilities “priority”

Georgia’s Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze on Friday said “effective” protection of rights of minors and strengthening capabilities of investigators remained the Ministry’s “priority”.
 

The Ministry said Darakhvelidze featured in the opening ceremony of the Council of Europe’s project on Enhancing Human Rights Compliant Approaches in Law Enforcement Institutions in Georgia, aiming to endorse scheduled activities and an action plan outlined within the project, while also identifying future priority directions.

The Minister also highlighted the importance of institutional development of the Ministry’s Academy and noted his desire to continue close cooperation with the CoE, while also expressing his gratitude to the Council for its “unwavering support and invaluable contributions” to the institutional development of the Ministry.
 

The event was also attended by Natalia Voutova, the Head of Council of Europe Office in Georgia, Donche Boshkovski, a representative of Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division of Council of Europe, Koka Katsitadze, the Head of the Special Investigation Service of Georgia and  Gvantsa Chkhaidze, the Head of Criminal Justice Department of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia.
 

The project will be implemented in close cooperation with the Ministry and other partner agencies, with the goal to support the Georgian Government in monitoring performance of police activities “in an effective and accountable manner”.