In 2009, the Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia became the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading T ...

The 2019 report of the National Preventive Mechanism reviews the situation of torture and ill-treatment at places of deprivation of liberty. Special attention is paid to penitentiary establishments, t ...

Independent international experts Richard Carver and Lisa Handley prepared analysis of ten-year efforts of the National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia in the elimination of torture and assessed the i ...

Special report of the Public Defender of Georgia reflects results of the monitoring of the State Care Institutions for Persons with Disabilities. The monitoring was conducted within the scope of activ ...

The present report encompasses the results of monitoring of the mental health institutions of Georgia, carried out under the auspices and within the mandate of the National Preventive Mechanism, from ...

The present report contains the results of monitoring conducted by the NPM at po­lice stations and temporary detention isolators (TDI) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA) of Georgia. Throug ...

The study into requests/complaints procedure and the level of trust and attitudes of inmates towards it is implemented for the first time ever in Georgia. It is worth noting that the study involves so ...

The Public Defender’s special report reflects the state of children's rights in the boarding schools subordinated to the Orthodox Church of Georgia and Muslim denominations of Georgia. The repor ...

The special report presents monitoring results of the Public Defender's Department of Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the National Preventive Mechanism about the state of rights of older perso ...

In February and November of 2014, the Special Preventive Group of the Public Defenderof Georgia, in the framework of the National Preventive Mechanism, and together with the Centre of Child’s Ri ...

The present report provides information about the progress of fulfillment of the recommendations set forth in the Public Defender’s special report on the conditions of persons with disabilities ...