Monitoring of Joint Return Operation
Representatives of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office monitored the Joint Return Operation on September 27, 2016. Representatives of the Department of Preventi ...
September 28 Is International Right to Know Day
September 28 is the International Right to Know Day that was founded by the organizations working on freedom of information in different countries across the world. The day has been celebrated since 2 ...
Meeting of Consultative Council of National Preventive Mechanism
On September 22, 2016, the Consultative Council of the National Preventive Mechanism held its seventh meeting. A report on the 2016 summer activities of the National Preventive Mechanism was presented ...
Meeting with Iraqi and Syrian Refugees in Public Defender's Office
On 26 September, 2016, representatives of the Tolerance Center of the Public Defender and members of Councils of National Minorities and Religions of the Public Defender met with refugees from Ukraine ...
Meeting with Head of Mission of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
On 26 September, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia met with the Head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Alexander Kelchevsky.
The Public Defender discussed ...
Public Defender Meets with UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
On 26 September 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia met with Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons. The Public Defender briefed the Special Rapport ...
Training of Human Rights Academy of Public Defender for Undergraduate and Graduate Students of Journalism
On September 19-23, 2016, the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held training for 15 undergraduate and graduate students of journalism of Tbilisi and regional universities. The theme of the ...
Public Defender Responds to Statement of Technical University
In July 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia held that principal election rules were violated at the Technical University of Georgia, in response to which the Technical University issued a public stat ...
Direct Discrimination on Grounds of Religion
On September 19, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia appealed to the Kobuleti municipality administration and Ltd. Kobuleti Water with a recommendation concerning interference with the religious free ...
Prosecutor's Office Considers Public Defender's Proposal concerning Domestic Violence
In accordance with the Public Defender's proposal of August 23, 2016, the Chief Prosecutor's Office informed us that on September 1, 2016, an investigation was launched into the case of domestic viole ...
Public Defender Visits Defendant Accused of Pushing Demur Sturua to Suicide
On September 21, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia visited Goderdzi Tevzadze, who stands accused of pushing Demur Sturua to committing suicide, in Kutaisi prison facility No 2.
The defendant person ...
Human Rights Situation in Villages along Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Dividing Line
On September 21, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report to the local non-governmental and international organizations in the city of Zugdidi about the socio-economic and secur ...
