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The Public Defender holds a working meeting with newly-elected members of the Special Preventive Group

On January 24 and 25, 2015, the Public Defender is holding a two-day working meeting with a renewed composition of the Special Preventive Group where various issues concerning effective work of the National Preventive Mechanism are to be discussed. At the first stage, the commission selected 22 members of the Special Preventive Group, including 8 lawyers with experience of working and monitoring in closed-type establishments, 3 social workers, 4 doctors, 2 psychiatrists, 3 experts in discrimination issues, 2 experts in juvenile justice.

The working meeting that was attended by members of the newly-established Advisory Council of the National preventive Mechanism discusses issues such as rights and duties of members of the Special Preventive Group. During the meeting, challenges facing the National Preventive Mechanism and ways of their resolution will be analyzed; the Action Plan 2015 of the National Preventive Mechanism will be also discussed.

In the nearest future, the Public Defender will announce the second stage of vacancies aimed at selecting additional members in the Special Preventive Group.

The following people were selected as members of the Special Preventive Mechanism:

  1. Tamar Avaliani
  2. Nestan Londaridze
  3. Salome Ugrekhelidze
  4. Khatuna Bagrationi
  5. Tamar Gabiani
  6. Kakhaber Gogashvili
  7. Eka Kobesashvili
  8. Zurab Makhashvili
  9. Nana Idadze
  10. Nana Koridze
  11. Lali Tsuleiskiri
  12. Olga Kalina
  13. Sophia Nemsitsveridze
  14. Irina Putkaradze
  15. Zurab Putkaradze
  16. Teimuraz Rekhviashvili
  17. Ketevan Gelashvili
  18. Khatuna Chkoidze
  19. Maia Tsiramua
  20. Ketevan Pilauri
  21. Irma Manjavidze


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