On July 5, 2021, pre-organized groups committed group violence against a large number of civilians in different locations of Tbilisi. Journalists and citizens suffered health injuries of various degre ...

The Public Defender of Georgia echoes the Pride Week that is due to start on June 28 and emphasizes the importance of ensuring the conduct of events within the framework of the Week in a peaceful and ...

From May 24 to June 13, 2022, the Public Defender’s Office held meetings with schoolchildren living in different regions of Georgia. The aim of the project was to raise children’s awarenes ...

On June 16, 2022, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) published a report on its ad hoc visit to Georgia, which along with a number of pressing issues, focuses on signs of inform ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has studied the judgement delivered by Tbilisi City Court on May 16, 2022, by which Nika Gvaramia, former Director General of Rustavi 2 Broadcasting Company, was found g ...

On May 11, 2022, the final hearing was held in connection with the case of Nika Gvaramia, former Director General of Rustavi 2 Broadcasting TV Company Ltd. We would like to remind the public that on N ...

The Public Defender’s Office is responding to the May 2 statements of the Minister of Justice of Georgia and the questions received from the Special Penitentiary Service relating to the report i ...

The Public Defender is echoing the hastened consideration of the draft law on the Special Investigation Service in the Parliament of Georgia and considers that the content of the draft law and the unr ...

The public is aware that on November 16, 2021, the Public Defender of Georgia, by Order No. 157,[1] established a group of specialists/experts to assess the adequacy and timeliness of the medical serv ...

On March 9, 2022, Public Defender's representatives visited Penitentiary Establishment No. 12, where they met with prisoner Mikheil Saakashvili and talked to the medical staff. The visit made it clear ...

On February 2, 2022, the Public Defender of Georgia applied to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) with a request to evaluate the law abolishing the State Inspect ...

The Public Defender proposed to the Parliament of Georgia to make legislative changes in order to enable accused prisoners to call their lawyers any time, even when their right to make calls is restri ...