Amendment No. 6 | Doc. 13863 | 29 September 2015

Abuse of pretrial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights

Signatories: Ms Manana KOBAKHIDZE, Georgia, SOC ; Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia, SOC ; Mr Süreyya Sadi BİLGİÇ, Turkey, EC ; Ms Valentina BULIGA, Republic of Moldova, SOC ; Mr Ahmet Berat ÇONKAR, Turkey, EC ; Mr David CRAUSBY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Zviad KVATCHANTIRADZE, Georgia, EC ; Ms Guguli MAGRADZE, Georgia, SOC ; Sir Alan MEALE, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Ali ŞAHİN, Turkey, EC ; Lord John E. TOMLINSON, United Kingdom, SOC

Origin - 2015 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 9, add the following sentence:

"In Georgia, pre-trial detention has also been notably reduced in the last two years due to recent judicial reforms."

Explanatory note

According to official statistics, since the 2012 elections, the number of prisoners has decreased by 60%. In 2014, pre-trial detention was used in 32.3% of cases and alternative preliminary measures in 67.7% of cases.