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09.02.2010
Presentation "Causing Factors of Juvenile Offenses"

10 February, 2010. The meeting will be held in Rustavi Rehabilitation Center in the framework of the project “Establishing Rehabilitative Schemes for Juvenile Offenders in Georgia”. The juvenile probationers, participating in the project, will present the results of the research regarding the causing factors of offense among juveniles.

14.12.2009
Working Meeting within “Small Grants Initiative” (16.12.09)

A working meeting is organized by Penal Reform International (PRI) in the framework of the project ’Small Grants Initiative’. The project is sponsored by Norwegian Mission of Rule of Law Advisers to Georgia (NORLAG) and is being implemented by PRI.

11.12.2009
A Joint Meeting of Community Service Working Groups (15.12.09)

Penal Reform International (PRI) is organizing a joint meeting of the Working Groups that were created within the project ‘Promoting the Use of Community Service in Georgia’. The project is being implemented by PRI, with the financial support from the Norwegian Mission of Rule of Law Advisers to Georgia (NORLAG).

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Human rights are the cornerstone of the European Union’s foreign policy. Be it in the political dialogues the European Union holds with third countries, in the international agreements it concludes, in its development cooperation or its action in multilateral fora such as the United Nations, the European Union seeks to uphold the universality and indivisibility of human rights. The protection of human rights, together with the promotion of pluralistic democracy and effective guarantees for the rule of law and the fight against poverty, are among the European Union’s essential objectives.

Fight against Torture and promotion of the UN CAT and OPCAT in this context has high priority for the EU world wide. In cooperation with its partners in the world the EU stresses the need for all States to ratify the Convention Against Torture and the EU has been instrumental in supporting the successful adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture.

Implementation of OPCAT has been specifically included under Priority Area 1 for Action in the ENP EU – Georgia Action Plan and the Georgian government has also included OPCAT implementation in its Strategy of the Government of Georgia for the Implementation 2007.

More information on EU Human Rights Policy can be found under:

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/human_rights/intro/index.htm