On 13 November 2019, the Public Defender of Georgia was informed about the illegal detention of Georgian citizen Vazha Gaprindashvili by the occupation regime. The de facto Security Committee launched ...

"Proportional electoral system serves to achieve equality in the electoral process", - said Deputy Public Defender Giorgi Burjanadze at the opening of the Equality Week and expressed hope that the iss ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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- ...

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 ...

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 ...