Criminal proceedings in Georgia are improved in accordance with European Standards

• In close co-operation with the national partners;
• Through the provision of legal expertise, networking and exchange of best practices with Council of Europe consultative and expert bodies and its Member States;
• With a tailor-made approach to meet the concrete needs of the country.

• Improvements in criminal procedure legislation and practice;
• Improvement of analytical and methodological capacities of the justice sector stakeholders to assess the criminal justice’s performance and develop evidence-based criminal policy;
• Enhanced performance in international mutual legal cooperation.

•  The total budget is around 510.000 Euros
• 80% is funded by the European Union and 20% by the Council of Europe. The programme is implemented by the Council of Europe

Cooperation Programmes Division, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI)

• Parliament of Georgia; 
• Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia; 
• Ministry of Justice of Georgia;
• Prosecutor's Office of Georgia; 
• Supreme Court of Georgia;
• High Council of Justice of Georgia; 
• Courts of General Jurisdiction of Georgia;
• High School of Justice of Georgia
• Georgian Bar Association 

 Giorgi Giorgadze, Senior Project Officer