“Today’s CPT report on Georgia raises serious concerns, including allegations of police ill-treatment during the late-2024 demonstrations,” the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, wrote on social media.

According to Alain Berset, ill-treatment is never justified, and he will discuss these conclusions next week at the Human Rights Council together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Maka Botchorishvili.

“Today’s CPT report on Georgia raises serious concerns, including allegations of police ill-treatment during the late-2024 demonstrations. Ill-treatment can never be justified. I will raise these findings with FM Maka Botchorishvili next week at the Human Rights Council. The Council of Europe stands ready to support reforms,” Alain Berset wrote on his social media.

For context, the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has published a report on its visits to Georgia conducted on November 18–29, 2024, and January 21–22, 2025, along with the Georgian authorities’ response. Additionally, according to the Georgian Ministry of Justice, the CPT’s assessment found no cases of ill-treatment in Georgian prisons.

Today’s CPT report on Georgia raises serious concerns, including allegations of police ill-treatment during the late-2024 demonstrations. Ill-treatment can never be justified. I will raise these findings with FM @MakaB__ Botchorishvili next week at the Human Rights Council. @coe…

— Alain Berset (@alain_berset) February 18, 2026