On 6 September 2019, the Public Defender's Office of Georgia and Human DOC organized a working meeting on issues relating to the deaf and blind persons. The main purpose of the meeting was to reach an ...

On August 27, 2019 the media reported an incident of child being stabbed on Pekini Avenue by a passer-by who then vanished. She was detained by the police later on. When discussing the incident in soc ...

On 19 July 2019, the Public Defender's Office and the Human DOC organized a working meeting dedicated to the problems of deaf-blind persons in Georgia. Information about Creation of Support System for ...

On 16-18 July 2019, the Public Defender’s Office and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized training for persons with disabilities and the NGOs working on the issues of person ...

The 12th session of the Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was held in New York on 11-13 June 2019, which was attended by Rusudan Kokhod ...

On 14 June 2019, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria held a public meeting, the theme of which was: “Inclusive Education: Achievements and Challenges”. At the opening of the event, the Public De ...

On 13 June 2019, the Consultative Council for Promoting, Protecting and Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held its 18th meeting, which was led ...

On 6 June 2019, the Public Defender’s Office, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), held an informational meeting with representatives of local self-government bodies, l ...

On 14 May 2019, Rusudan Kokhodze, Deputy Head of the Department of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Public Defender's Office, was elected the Chair of the ENNHRI (European Network of Nat ...

The renewed Consultative Council for Promotion, Protection and Monitoring of the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held a working meeting on 18-19 April 2019. ...

On 30 March 2019, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted a report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in Georgia to the Parliament. On April 2, the Public Defender presented the annual rep ...

World Autism Awareness Day is marked on April 2. This day, initiated by the United Nations, serves to raise public awareness. The theme of the 2019 World Autism Awareness Day is: “Assistive Tech ...