The Parliament of Georgia and the Legal Aid Service are hosting an international conference on access to legal aid in the criminal justice system on 13-15 November 2018. The event is being held for th ...

On November 13, 2018, a delegation from the Republic of Tajikistan paid a study visit to the Public Defender's Office of Georgia. Members of the delegation were the Deputy Head of the State Protection ...

On 13 November 2018, the Consultative Council of Protecting, Promoting and Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held its 16th meeting. The meeting ...

On 12 November 2018, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria met with members of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The delegation is visiting Georgia ...

On 12 November 2018, Nino Lomjaria, the Public Defender of Georgia, met with Carl Hartzell, EU Ambassador to Georgia, and Peter Denis, Legal Programme Manager of the EU Delegation. Nino Lomjaria discu ...

Based on the information disseminated by the media and provided to the Public Defender's Office on 9 November 2018, even though no preliminary warning was required in the given case, on November 1, Za ...

On 5-8 November 2018, representatives of the Public Defender of Georgia met with representatives of the ombudsmen’s institutions of Finland in Helsinki. The aim of the visit was to share their e ...

The Public Defender filed an amicus curie brief with the Constitutional Court regarding two lawsuits. The constitutional lawsuits dispute paragraph 33 of Article 22 of the Law of Georgia on Agricultur ...

On 7 November 2018, the membership of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia was discussed at the Annual General Assembly of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) in Brussels. Membe ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has appealed to the Constitutional Court of Georgia against the provision of the Government’s Decree on Monetization of Social Allowances, according to which, part ...

On 1 November 2018, the Public Defender of Georgia completed the examination of applications against Z.D., which concerned alleged sexual harassment. The Public Defender found sexual harassment in 3 o ...

On 2 November 2018, the Public Defender of Georgia met with students and professors of the universities affiliated with the Association of Private Higher Education Institutions. Nino Lomjaria talked a ...