International Day of Girl Child
11 October is the International Day of Girl Child. Celebration of this day is aimed at recognizing and protecting girls' rights, promoting their education and strengthening their capacity, as well as ...
Statement on Death of a Miner in Tkibuli’s Mindeli Mine
The Public Defender of Georgia expresses sorrow over the death of a miner in Tkibuli’s Mindeli mine and offers sympathy to his family.
As reported, T.K., the chief of the evening shift of the ve ...
Competition Me Ombudsman 2016 Launched!
On October 10, 2016, competition Me Ombudsman was launched for the seventh time. The competition is being held by the support from the Ministry of Education and Science and is funded by the EU project ...
Public Defender's Statement on World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10. The theme of this year’s Mental Health Day is: "Dignity in mental health - psychiatric and psychological first aid for everyone." Activation of ...
Public Defender Echoes Incidents Occurring during Vote Counting
According to information provided by the Public Defender's election monitors, incidents occurred in some regions of Georgia during counting of votes in polling stations, as a result of which, some ind ...
Public Defender Summarizes Election Day
The Public Defender of Georgia, within his legal mandate, supervises the protection of citizens' right to vote. The process of voting was largely peaceful.
The Public Defender calls on all parties inv ...
Public Defender Echoes Clashes Occurring in Kizilajlo Village of Marneuli Municipality
A representative of the Public Defender's Office, within his mandate, was monitoring developments at the 48th polling station in Marneuli’s 36th constituency. When the situation was es ...
Monitoring of Service Facility (Shelter) of Victims of Domestic Violence
On 13 and 30 September, 2016, the Department of Gender Equality of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of Tbilisi’s service facilities (shelters) of victims of trafficking and do ...
Public Defender Demands Immediate Investigation of the Case of Explosion
According to the reports spread on October 4, 2016, a vehicle of MP Giorgi (Givi) Targamadze, member of the opposition party United National Movement, was exploded in front of the party office. Report ...
Public Defender's Office to Monitor Rally of United National Movement
The Public Defender's Office of Georgia will monitor the 5 October rally of the United National Movement in Tbilisi. In particular, representatives of the Public Defender’s Office will monitor t ...
Deputy Public Defender Attends Meeting of European Network of Equality Bodies
Ekaterine Skhiladze, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, attended the Annual General Meeting of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) in Brussels on September 29-30, 2016. The network's act ...
Sharing Experience of Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman in Protection of Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
On 27-29 September, 2016, meetings were held between the institutions of the Public Defender of Georgia and the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The aim of the meeti ...
