Annual ENNHRI Conference
On 14 November 2019, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria participated in the conference of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutes (ENNHRI) in Brussels, Belgium.
The Public Defender briefed ...
Discussion on Enforcement of Constitutional Court's Ruling on Drug Use
On 13 November 2019, the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) held a discussion on "Ways to Enforce the Constitutional Court's Ruling of 2 August 2019 on Drug Use". The discussion was at ...
Events of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the Association for the Prevention of Torture
On 4-5 November 2019, Giorgi Burjanadze, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, and Akaki Kukhaleishvili, Deputy Head of the Department of National Preventive Mechanism, attended events organized by the E ...
Parliament Should Support Transition to Proportional Electoral System
The Public Defender is considering the transition to a proportional electoral system in the human rights context and expresses support for it, since it ensures the equality of the weight of votes, les ...
Informational Meetings in Shuakhevi Municipality
On November 6-8, 2019, representatives of the Public Defender, Madona Basiladze and Giorgi Charkviani, held informational meetings in Shuakhevi municipality.
The rural population, public school studen ...
Public Defender Demands the Rule of Selection of Supreme Court Judicial Candidates to be Declared Unconstitutional
On 1 November 2019, the Public Defender filed a constitutional lawsuit with the Constitutional Court of Georgia and requested that the rule of selection of Supreme Court judicial candidates[1] by the ...
Meetings in Mestia Municipality
On October 30-31 and November 1, 2019, representatives of the Public Defender, Madona Basiladze, Koka Mebonia and Irina Gurchiani, held meetings in the Mestia municipality.
They evaluated the activiti ...
Meetings on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Kakheti and Samtskhe-Javakheti Regions
In October 2019, representatives of the Gender Department of the Public Defender’s Office, Elene Kaikhosroshvili and Sophio Rusetski, held meetings in the municipalities of Kakheti and Samtskhe- ...
Public Defender’s Statement on the Developments in the Patriarchate
In recent days, some clergymen have stated via the media that they are aware of alleged sexual harassment and coercion committed by clergy. They also indicated that some of those actions might be comm ...
Informational Meetings in the Villages of Baghdati Municipality
On November 5, 2019, representatives of the Western Georgia Division of the Public Defender's Office, Madona Basiladze and Tamta Chechelashvili, held informational meetings in the villages of Vartsikh ...
Public Defender Addresses Ministry of Internal Affairs
The Public Defender of Georgia calls on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take proactive preventive measures with regard to the intention of the Georgian March to block the entrances to the Tbilisi ...
Public Defender Calls on Authorities to Protect Freedom of Expression of LGBT+ Community
On 4 November 2019, the Public Defender addressed the Prime Minister and the Minister of Internal Affairs with a general proposal to discuss individual cases of violation of freedom of expression and ...
