The Path from Committing a Crime to Returning to Society, an EU-funded conference, is underway for representatives of the criminal justice system in Tbilisi on February 20-21, 2020. On February 20, De ...

On February 19, 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia visited the multipurpose clinic (BMC) opened under the Batumi psychiatric institution. The Public Defender inspected the living and treating areas ...

On January 21, 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia, Nino Lomjaria, presented a special report of the National Preventive Mechanism at the session of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and re ...

On 23 December 2019, a workshop was held on migration and asylum within the framework of the joint project of the Public Defender's Office and the UNHCR Georgia. In their welcome speeches, First Deput ...

The Special Preventive Group of the Public Defender of Georgia conducted monitoring in penitentiary establishments N2, N8, N14 and N15 in July and August 2019. Visits were made to the largest semi-ope ...

On December 11-12, 2019, representatives of the Department of National Preventive Mechanism of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights  paid a study visit to Georgia. Within the fr ...

On November 14, 2019, Nika Kvaratskhelia, Head of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office, and Khatia Kheladze, representative of the Department, met with lawyers w ...

On 4-5 November 2019, Giorgi Burjanadze, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, and Akaki Kukhaleishvili, Deputy Head of the Department of National Preventive Mechanism, attended events organized by the E ...

On 17 October 2019, on the second day of the conference held in connection with the 10th anniversary of the National Preventive Mechanism, the event's guests discussed the current and emerging needs o ...

On 16 October 2019, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria held an international conference in connection with the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia. The the ...

On 10 October 2019, on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day, Public Defender of Georgia Nino Lomjaria held a public meeting on mental healthcare and human rights. The World Mental Health Day ha ...

On 16 July 2009, the Public Defender’s Office was granted the mandate of the National Preventive Mechanism, by which the institution joined the global system of prevention of torture, which aims ...