On March 21-22, 2016, the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons was held in the Parliament of Georgia. The ...

In November 2015 hotline was activated in the Public Defender's Office for the first time. This is Public Defender's new pilot project, which offers citizens much more flexible and effective mechanism ...

On March 21 the world celebrates the World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD). The main aim of the foundation of the Day by the UN General Assembly is to raise public awareness of Down syndrome. The UN resoluti ...

On March 18, 2016, the Public Defender's Office took part in the event in support of children suffering from leukemia "Donate Blood, Save Life" across the country. Representatives of the Public Defend ...

On March 15-16, 2016, First Public Defender Paata Beltadze visited the Belgian capital of Brussels, where he took part in the Ombudsman’s Summit of the Eastern Partnership countries of the Europ ...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not take into view the Public Defender’s recommendation of December 14, 2015, on granting compensation to the people living alongside the dividing line. T.T. ...

On March 17, 2016, Deputy Public Defender Natia Katsitadze delivered a speech at the 31th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, where recommendations, provided to Georgia by the Working Group ...

On 9-10 March, 2016, Maka Stevenson, Head of the Department of Equality of the Public Defender’s Office took part in a meeting of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman in Malta. Representat ...

The Public Defender of Georgia congratulates the Yazidi compatriots on the New Year and wishes them a peaceful, rich and happy year. For the Yazidis the day is a symbol of renewal, spring, new life an ...

On February 3, 2016, the Public Defender addressed the Speaker of Parliament with a proposal to make amendments to the bill on early and pre-school upbringing and education. The amendments were prepar ...

On March 14, 2016, representatives of the Public Defender's Office were observing two protest events and following developments throughout the day and late at night at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi Stat ...

The Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of a joint return operation of migrants for the third time on March 10, 2016. Representatives of the ...