Amendment No. 28 | Doc. 13588 | 30 September 2014

The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia

Signatories: Ms Marietta de POURBAIX-LUNDIN, Sweden, EPP/CD ; Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Tinatin BOKUCHAVA, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Henryk CIOCH, Poland, EDG ; Mr Bernd FABRITIUS, Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Doris FIALA, Switzerland, ALDE ; Mr Axel E. FISCHER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Margus HANSON, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Mariusz KAMIŃSKI, Poland, EDG ; Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Arkadiusz MULARCZYK, Poland, EDG ; Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Kimmo SASI, Finland, EPP/CD ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2014 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 5.4, insert the following paragraph:

"urges the Georgian authorities to implement fully the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure on witness testimonies and jury trials;"

Explanatory note

The amendment aims to stress the need for the full implementation of the new provisions on witness testimonies and criminal jury trials. These provisions are part of the new Code of Criminal Procedure, the adoption of which was strongly welcomed by the Assembly in its previous Resolution.