The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is marked on June 26. Given that the Public Defender performs the functions of the National Preventive Mechanism under the Optional Protocol ...

How did the use of rubber bullets start and why could not it be ceased for almost 5 hours? How many people were injured? Who is to be held accountable, according to the Public Defender?

The Public Defender's Office examined a case of a convict placed in Penitentiary Establishment No. 2 and found that the process of assessing the risks of danger of the convict contained significant vi ...

The Parliament of Georgia has taken into account some of the opinions of the Public Defender relating to the amendments to the Law on Public Health and the Criminal Procedure Code. The draft amendment ...

Amid the novel coronavirus epidemic in Georgia, the Public Defender of Georgia and the Special Preventive Group paid visits to penitentiary establishments nos. 17, 5 and 8. The purpose of the visits w ...

Hundreds of citizens have been fined for violating the isolation and/or quarantine rules after the state of emergency was declared in the country. Is it possible to appeal against the fine? When and w ...

On March 9, 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia published a special report on the protection of procedural rights of juvenile defendants, witnesses and victims in the area of criminal justice. The pr ...

On February 21-22, 2020, a working meeting was held between the Public Defender's Office and the State Inspector’s Office, which was led by State Inspector Londa Toloraia and Deputy Public Defen ...

The Public Defender of Georgia considers that Georgia should not make a positive decision relating to the motion of the Russian Federation concerning additional charges against Yaroslav Sumbayev. In O ...

The Public Defender of Georgia is responding to the verdict delivered by the Supreme Court against Gigi Ugulava, G.S, D.A., A.T. and D.A. and considers that the case represents materialization of the ...

On February 10, 2020, Public Defender filed an amicus curiae brief with the Constitutional Court of Georgia relating Nikanor Melia’s constitutional suit that argues the constitutionality of the ...

The Public Defender’s Office of Georgia has studied the practice of early conditional release of convicts and replacement of the unserved part of a sentence with a lighter penalty, as well as th ...