On October 15, 2021, the Public Defender’s Office, with the support of the United Nations Developmemt Programme, organised Online Conference on Implementation of Social Rehabilitation  and ...

On September 15, 2021, the Public Defender's Office held a working meeting with representatives of the LEPL Agency for State Care and Assistance for Victims of Trafficking and specialized facilities f ...

On June 14, 2021, on the initiative of the Public Defender of Georgia and with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), an online meeting was held to discuss the participation o ...

Georgia marks the Day of Persons with Disabilities on June 14. The purpose of this day is to raise public awareness of people with disabilities and to remind state agencies once again of their respons ...

Significant challenges in mental health institutions are cases of hospitalization of formally voluntary patients against their will. Read more: National Preventive Mechanism Report 2020 https://bit.ly ...

Every year on April 2, the world celebrates the World Autism Awareness Day. This year the United Nations is focusing on the inequalities further exacerbated by the pandemic, which has had a negat ...

On March 22, 2021, Deputy Public Defender Ekaterine Skhiladze attended a discussion in the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was held within the 24th session of the Commit ...

On March 19, 2021, Public Defender of Georgia Nino Lomjaria participated in the 5th Conference on the World Down Syndrome Day. This year's message for World Down Syndrome Day is "Connect", which respo ...

On March 16, 2021, the Public Defender’s Office, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched a series of trainings on the topic: Technical Regulations - Nationa ...

The Public Defender of Georgia welcomes the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which represents a guarantee for the provision of int ...

On March 4, 2021, the Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, Ekaterine Skhiladze, attended an international webinar on the institutionalization of persons with disabilities and presented a report on the m ...

In the context of the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus in Georgia, members of the Special Preventive Group of the Public Defender studied the epidemiological situation and protection of patien ...