Retour Project on Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Georgia Conducted its Needs Assessment Mission on Restorative Justice

Project on Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Georgia Conducted its Needs Assessment Mission on Restorative Justice

In order to widen the scope of the restorative justice legislation in line with international principles and standards and improve the stakeholders’ awareness of potential of restorative justice, project consultants conducted a needs assessment mission in Tbilisi on 18-21 April 2023. During the mission, in person and hybrid meetings were organised with representatives of the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Execution of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation, Public Defender’s Office, civil society organisations, academia, mediators and social workers, judges, prosecutors, lawyers of the Georgian Bar Association and Legal Aid Service and a mediation centre in Tbilisi  was visited.

Following the completion of the needs assessment mission, an assessment report will be prepared by the consultants and shared with the stakeholders. The analysis and recommendations of the report are expected to contribute enlarging the scope of the use of restorative justice as a resolution mechanism by the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Execution of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation.

The activity is implemented by the Council of Europe Project “Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Georgia.”

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WHAT is the goal?

The goal of the project “Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Georgia” is to enhance the use of mediation mechanisms by citizens in Georgia.

What do we expect to achieve?

  • Improving access to mediation of the users and the quality of mediation on civil cases in Georgia;
  • Enlarging the use of restorative justice as a resolution mechanism by the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Execution of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation.

WHAT IS THE BUDGET OF THE PROJECT?

The total budget of the project amounts to EUR 560 000.

PROJECT PARTNERS

Mediators’ Association of Georgia

National Agency for Crime Prevention, Execution of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation

Courts of General Jurisdiction

Georgian Bar Association

High School of Justice

Parliament of Georgia

PROJECT DURATION

The project runs from 1 December 2022 until the end of December 2023.

Contact information

The project is implemented by the Council of Europe’s Cooperation Programmes Division of the Department for the Implementation of Human Rights, Justice and Legal Cooperation Standards, Directorate General for Human Rights and the Rule of Law together with the Council of Europe Office in Georgia.

Project Coordinator

Başak BOYOGLU

Senior Project Officer

Tamar Zubashvili

Project Assistant

Ana Tevzadze

Victim-offender mediation is an alternative and voluntary measure of dispute resolution, aimed at fostering dialogue between the offender and the victim. Mediation is conducted in a safe and neutral environment in full confidentiality.

The graphic video has been developed within the framework of the Council of Europe project "Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Georgia", in cooperation with the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Execution of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation. The video is based on a real story.