On May 28, 2018, Nino Lomjaria, the Public Defender of Georgia, met with Simone Filippini, the Executive Director of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). The mandate of the Publi ...

On 23 May 2018, the Public Defender of Georgia filed an amicus curiae brief with Tbilisi Court of Appeals relating to the case of Ltd Aiisa. The document deals with the scope of freedom of expression ...

On May 25, 2018, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria filed an amicus curiae brief with the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Broadcasting Company Rustavi 2 and Others V. Georgia.  On April ...

The Public Defender of Georgia is responding to the draft amendments to the Law of Georgia on Assemblies and Demonstrations prepared by the Members of the Parliament of Georgia and the accompanying ch ...

On May 16-18, 2018, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria held meetings with representatives of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), National Demo ...

The Public Defender is responding to the legislative package submitted to the Parliament of Georgia, which provides for the amendments to the Law of Georgia on Culture and the Civil Procedure Code of ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has submitted information about the human rights situation in the occupied territories of Georgia to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) within ...

The decision of the Tbilisi City Court, by which the right of the employees of Tbilisi Metro (Unity 2013) to strike has been restricted, is a harmful and dangerous precedent for labour rights. Metro d ...

An action plan for strengthening the mandate of national human rights institutions in protecting the rights of IDPs was drafted at the meeting held by the European Network of Human Rights National Ins ...

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia is marked on May 17, which is is related to the removal of homosexuality from the list of diseases by the World Health Organization. Homophobic an ...

On May 16, 2018, Deputy Public Defender Giorgi Burjanadze and representatives of the Public Defender's Office met with Stavros Lambrinidis, the Special Representative of the European Union for Human R ...

The Public Defender is responding to the violent actions committed by participants of a demonstration held by the Georgian March and other neo-Nazi groups in parallel with the demonstration organized ...