On September 19, 2016, the Public Defender and members of the Council of National Minorities of the Public Defender met with representatives of state agencies, the Central Election Commission and NGOs ...

On September 16, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili met with independent human rights expert Thomas Hammarberg. The human rights situation in the occupied territories and the challenges existing a ...

The Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held training on International Protection of Refugees with financial participation of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Gudauri on Septem ...

A secret recording of a telephone conversation between Rustavi 2 Director General Nika Gvaramia and politician Paata Burchuladze  was  released on September 14, 2016. Similar cases are negat ...

On September 13-14, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili attended meetings of the Financial Committee and the European Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions in Brussels. The m ...

Celebration of Kurban Bayram holiday started on September 12. The Public Defender of Georgia congratulates Muslim fellow citizens on this great holiday and wishes them peace and happiness. The essence ...

On September 6-7, 2016, Nika Kvaratskhelia, Head of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office, participated in a symposium organized by the Association for the Preven ...

On September 8, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia with a proposal to launch an investigation into alleged ill treatment of convict G.B. in the penitentiary ...

On September 6, 2016, the Public Defender’s Consultative Council for Monitoring the Promotion, Protection and Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held ...

On September 6, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted amicus curiae brief to the Administrative Cases Panel of Tbilisi City Court concerning alleged discrimination on grounds of age. The appl ...

The Public Defender considers that in the so-called cables case it is important the Constitutional Court to consider the constitutionality of embezzlement – a norm envisaged by the Criminal Code ...

On August 31, 2016, the Public Defender addressed Ltd. New Vision with a recommendation in which he established a fact of direct discrimination on grounds of pregnancy. According to an applicant, her ...