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 ...

The Ministry of Justice has implemented the Public Defender’s recommendation and changed the administrative practice of penitentiary establishments, which had been greatly complicating the revis ...

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

On December 22, 2021, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report on the Ninotsminda Orphanage, which includes the findings of the monitoring of the orphanage after the events of spring ...