In the framework of the multiple reforms in the criminal field, the Ministry of Interior of Georgia decided to extend its work with both the juveniles committing crimes and juveniles who are victims of them. With this juvenile involvement, both juvenile victims and juvenile offenders, the Ministry of Interior aims at supporting the rehabilitation and the reintegration of the juveniles into the society as well as developing their sense of the responsibility, thus decreasing their probability of re-offending.

Despite the capacity building support to the Georgian police and the drafting of legislation by the Council of Europe, additional work is further needed, however, to achieve the integration of European standards in Temporary Detention Isolators (TDIs).

The current Action was designed to address the following issues:

• rights of detained persons and their treatment,
• crimes committed by/against juveniles,
• complaint mechanisms against police misconduct and
• proper investigation of the alleged ill-treatment.

With its multiple activities the project aimed to achieve the following results:

• the management of the detainees in the TDIs in line with European standards,
• the capacity-building of police officers to work with the juvenile as victims and as offenders,
• the national monitoring bodies (Office of Public Defender and the State Inspectors Office) and civil society organizations are ready to participate in the monitoring of human rights protection by the police and the investigative authorities.

This Project was implemented within 24 months, until 30 June 2021, with an overall budget of 600,000 Euros financed by the Action Plan of the Council of Europe in Georgia.