Cross-Regional Conference: Development of Mechanisms on Torture Prevention in the Post-Soviet Countries June 2012

Final report from a cross-regional conference organised by PRI on torture prevention in June 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia

The conference aimed to provide opportunities for inter-country learning and exchanging experiences, and to provide recommendations to the authorities in all participating countries for improving the ability of state agencies to prevent torture and ill-treatment in their respective institutions.

The event was attended by experts from the UN SPT, CAT, OHCHR, CoE, CPT, government officials, representatives of national human rights institutions, National Preventive Mechanisms, as well as civil society representatives from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

See also: PRI Synthesis Report on Mechanisms for the Prevention of Torture in Nine CIS States, which was launched at the conference.