Law enforcement in Abkhazia

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EC, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), NATO, World Trade Organization, Council of the European Union, Commonwealth of Independent States, and most sovereign states do not recognize Abkhazia as an independent state. As a result, Abkhazia is de facto independent but remains a de jure part of Georgia, with internal security somewhat precarious.[citation needed
] It has its own law enforcement organizations such as militia (police) that is subject to the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of the de facto government.

International role in security

The UN has played various roles during the conflict and peace process: a military role through its observer mission (

NGOs and the media, regarding human dimension standards and is considering a presence in Gali
.

Existing government organizations

Abkhazian militia also enforce Abkhaz law. Georgia regards the Abkhaz militia as an unlawful formation. Agencies attempts to enforce security or law on behalf of the Abkhazian government is met with opposition, sometimes force, from Georgian forces. Such was the case on July 26, 2006 when Georgian police announced that they had engaged "criminal gangs", Abkhazian militia, on the de facto border.[5]

Crime

On 20 June 2014, acting Minister of Internal Affairs Raul Lolua reported that Abkhazia had ten thieves in law, nine of which ethnic Abkhaz and one Georgian, and that the police had recently thwarted the initiation of one more.[6]

See also

  • Military of Abkhazia

Notes

  1. ^ Abkhazia: Ways Forward, Europe Report N°179 , 18 January 2007
  2. ^ Resolutions 849, 854, 858, 876, 881 and 892 adopted by the UN Security Council
  3. ^ "From the Resolution of the OSCE Budapest Summit, 6 December 1994".
  4. ^ Lisbon Summit Declaration of the OSCE, 2–3 December 1996
  5. ^ "Police operation in Abkhazia gorge continuing - Georgia". www.globalsecurity.org.
  6. ^ "В связи с наступлением летнего курортного сезона усилена работа уголовного розыска, патрульно-постовой службы, госавтоинспекции". Apsnypress. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
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