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PrIME - Promoting Prosecutorial Independence through Monitoring and Engagement

Project Description
The project is part of the EU4Justice programme. It aims to support the increase of an external and internal independence of the Prosecution Service of Georgia (PSG), to ensure impartiality and fairness in the Georgian prosecution and investigation systems, including of individual prosecutors; enhancing their capacity, improving quality of prosecutorial work and increasing public trust.
Specific Objective
Specific Objectives of the action are twofold:
1. Increasing accountability of Prosecution Service of Georgia (internal independence) to ensure they meet the Strategy of the Prosecution Service of Georgia, international and EU standards;
2. Empowering information exchange between institutions: Government of Georgia (GoG), civil society organizations (CSOs), media as well as general public so that the public is knowledgeable and aware about issues of the ongoing major reforms in Prosecution Service of Georgia.
Expected Results
With the goal to improve the national capacities for better protection of human rights in Georgia, the PrIME aims at following results:
- More accountability of the PSG to the general public in light of monitoring reports of the Strategy of PSG, monitoring of high profile cases and expert discussions of the PSG’s actions;
- Increased interest and awareness among the general public and media about the PSG and the issues that necessitate reform;
- Increased ability of prosecutors to conduct prosecutions of hate crimes and cases of violence against women and apply precise qualifications of these crimes when relevant;
- Opened channels of dialogue between PSG and CSOs to encourage open discussion of challenges within the institution.
Project documents
Beneficiaries
Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia
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Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia
Presentation of the 2017-2018 Interim Monitoring Report about the Implementation of the Strategy and the AP by the Prosecution Service of Georgia
European Union and IDFI Launch a New Project to Support Prosecutorial Independence in Georgia
PROJECT DETAILS
Georgia
Priority Area:
Partnership that protects
Subsector:
Rule of law & human rights
Topic:
Justice
Project Status:
Completed
Start Date:
14.03.2018
End Date:
13.05.2020
EU Project Number:
396-009