Address of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association to Levan Samkharauli Bureau of Forensic Expertise

The Georgian Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) is protecting interests of Ioseb Tsiklauri who is currently serving his punishment in the treatment facility for defendants and convicts. Currently, due to his extremely severe health condition, Ioseb Tsiklauri has been transferred to the Tbilisi national center for tuberculosis and lung disease.

Timely course of treatment is crucial for improving Ioseb Tsiklauri’s health condition. To this end, his family members arranged for a forensic test at Levan Samkharauli Bureau of Forensic Expertise. The convict underwent the test on June 28, 2011. Following the corresponding examination, the forensic expert drew up findings that were transferred to the national bureau of Samkharauli but the findings still have not been submitted to convict’s family.

Timely submission of forensic findings is of vital importance for the convict as it may reveal that his extremely severe health condition may serve as the basis for his early release.

Although Tsiklauri’s family and us have applied to the forensics bureau a number of times, the bureau refuses to respond to any of our requests, thus violating obligations it has committed itself to under the agreement. Delay in submitting the forensic findings may prevent a convict from realization of the rights he/she is entitled to under the legislation if it turns out that the findings may serve as the grounds for his/her early release.

Hereby, we are addressing to Levan Samkharauli bureau of forensic expertise to immediately provide members of Ioseb Tsiklauri’s family and his lawyers with findings of the forensic expertise.