Programme News: Human Rights in Prisons
Continuing support to address the COVID-19 crisis
In order to address the COVID-19 pandemic and to respond to the needs of providing support to inmates and prison staff, the Council of Europe donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Special Penitentiary Service (SPS) of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia (MoJ) and the Public Defender’s...
First Training Programme for Psychiatric Nurses in Georgia
The Council of Europe (Coe) continues to assist the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia (MoC) to strengthen capacity building of the psychiatric nurses on main principles of mental health nursing. Between 20 and 25 April 2018, 6 psychiatric nurses, trained on a program developed by CoE...
Support to the Judicial Reform in Georgia - Project Launch
On 20 July 2017 a new Council of Europe project, “Support to the Judicial Reform in Georgia”, was launched in Tbilisi, Georgia. The launch event was attended by around 80 representatives of the judiciary, parliament, executive, civil society, and international organisations. Important figures of...
First Training Programme for Psychiatric Nurses in Georgia
The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE) are assisting the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia (MoC) in the training of psychiatric nurses on main principles of mental health nursing. Between June and July 2017, 15 psychiatric nurses were trained based on a program developed by CoE...
Prisons Free of Suicide Cases
The Council of Europe and the European Union continue to support the further enhancement of skills of Georgian prison psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers in administering Suicide Prevention Programmed (SPP) in prisons. As a part of the support, on-site supervision of multidisciplinary...