Tbilisi. On February 25-26, 2017, training was held on the theme: ''Important aspects of plea bargaining on the basis of the international and national laws and practices''. The training was attended by 20 lawyers of the Bar Association of Georgia.

''Levan Meskhoradze, a representative of the Public Defender's Office, and lawyer Girshel Dzebniauri reviewed international and national regulations of plea bargaining during the training and noted that the use of plea bargaining would promote the protection of the defendants' rights and freedoms in criminal proceedings. It was noted that in recent years plea bargaining had been playing an important role in the justice system and since 2004 the measure had been used in the majority of criminal cases'', is noted in the statement.

Source: www.ombudsman.ge