The Public Defender echoes the changes in the methodology of mental health funding carried out by the Government’s Decree of 2017 on the Approval of Health Care State Programs. According to repo ...

On December 27, 2016, the Pubic Defender of Georgia presented new members of the Consultative Council of the National Preventive Mechanism - Ana Natsvlishvili and Nino Gobronidze at the Council meetin ...

On November 22-24, 2016, representatives of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office of Georgia, paid a working/study visit to the Croatian capital, Zagreb. The aim ...

On November 17, 2016, Nika Kvaratskhelia, Head of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office, addressed the participants of the 30th session of the United Nations Subc ...

On November 14, 2016, training was held for members of the Public Defender's Special Preventive Group about the right to health in the penitentiary facilities. Sociologist Iago Kachkachishvili and hea ...

On November 3-5, 2016, training was held for the staff of the Public Defender's Office and members of the Special Preventive Group. The theme of the training was: "Monitoring of mental health issues i ...

Pursuant to the amendments made to article 60 of the Imprisonment Code, the Public Defender and members of the Special Preventive Group have been authorized to take photos of prisoners’ bodily i ...

On October 25, 2016, representatives of the Public Defender's Samtskhe-Javakheti regional office and members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) met with representatives of non-governmental org ...

Representatives of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office monitored the Joint Return Operation on September 27, 2016. Representatives of the Department of Preventi ...

On September 22, 2016, the Consultative Council of the National Preventive Mechanism held its seventh meeting. A report on the 2016 summer activities of the National Preventive Mechanism was presented ...

On September 6-7, 2016, Nika Kvaratskhelia, Head of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office, participated in a symposium organized by the Association for the Preven ...

On July 29, 2016, the Public Defender's Regional Department organized a meeting between members of the National Prevention Mechanism and Kakheti region’s criminal lawyers and non-governmental or ...