Tbilisi. On October 27-30, 2014, the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia received representatives of the Department of Family Issues and National Preventive Mechanism of the Public Defender of Rights of the Czech Republic who arrived with a three-day study visit. In the framework of the visit a special attention was paid to methodology of monitoring of the National Preventive Mechanism. With the purpose of acquiring better knowledge of the issue the guests visited establishment N8 of the penitentiary department. They spoke about legal rights and application of right to healthcare of minors in penitentiary facilities; intensity and means for communication between a child and a parent; they learned more about recommendations issued by the Public Defender of Georgia and the issue of their application.

Source: ombudsman.ge