In February and March 2022, the Public Defender's Office monitored 59 randomly selected soup kitchens operating in 25 municipalities of Georgia. It should be noted that the free meal programme is bein ...

The Public Defender’s Office of Georgia studied the alleged illegal dismissal of former employees of the Culture, Education and Sports Center of the Union of the Blind of Georgia – NNLE an ...

In June 2022, employees of the Gender Department and the Department on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Public Defender’s Office - Gvantsa Kharatishvili, Mariam Gvidiani, Ana Lobzh ...

In February and March 2022, the monitoring group of the Public Defender of Georgia inspected the social homes for homeless people in Gori, Ozurgeti and Kutaisi and found that the conditions there do n ...

The Public Defender of Georgia welcomes changes to the Decree of the Government of Georgia on Social Package, as a result of which persons with disabilities will no longer be restricted from receiving ...

Day of Persons with Disabilities is marked on June 14 in Georgia. The aim of this day is to raise public awareness of people with disabilities and once again focus on the rights situation of these peo ...

On May 27, 2022, the Public Defender’s Consultative Council for the Promotion, Protection and Monitoring of the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held i ...

Representatives of the Public Defender held 19 information meetings on issues of persons with disabilities in 17 municipalities of Georgia in February-March 2022. The meetings were attended by persons ...

March 21 marks the World Down Syndrome Day. By the decision of the UN General Assembly, on March 21 of each year, since 2012, states, international organizations, citizens, representatives of civil an ...

Guest blog from Ekaterine Skhiladze, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia and Chair of ENNHRI’s CRPD Working Group Today we celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which aims ...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities is marked on December 3 on the initiative of the United Nations. The purpose of this day is to promote the protection of the rights and well-being of per ...

On November 10, 2021, the Public Defender of Georgia, together with the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), held an international webinar on the theme: "The right to educa ...