International Day in Support for Victims of Torture is celebrated on June 26. Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Public Defender of Georgia annually mark the day with various activities.

This year Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Public Defender of Georgia planned a joint event. Specifically, on May 26, GYLA chairperson and the Public Defender distributed posters and brochures in Dighomi N2 pre-trial detention isolator. These brochures and posters will contribute to raising awareness of detainees about their rights, which will play a role in prevention of ill-treatment and torture. Furthermore, posters and brochures will contribute to deepening knowledge and raising awareness of personnel of the penitentiary establishment, which is equally important for preventing torture and ill-treatment.

Posters and brochures prepared under the auspices of a joint project of GYLA and the Public Defender of Georgia – Improving Prisoners’ Rights – Joint Advocacy, are intended for individuals detained under criminal as well as administrative charges. Further, in consideration of national minorities held in pre-trial detention isolators, posters and brochures were prepared not only in Georgian but also in Armenian, Azerbaijani, English and Russian languages.

These posters and brochures will be distributed in other pre-trial detention isolators during monitoring of the National Preventive Mechanism in summer.