Meeting of Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman
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 ...
Yazidi New Year Celebration
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 ...
Public Defender Appeals to Parliament and Government on Amendments to Bill on Early and Pre-school Upbringing and Education
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 ...
Public Defender's Statement on Tbilisi State University Yesterday Developments
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 ...
NPM Continues to Monitor Joint Return Operation of Migrants
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 ...
Public Defender Meets MPs concerning Creation of Independent Investigative Mechanism
On March 12, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili held a meeting with several members of the parliamentary majority and minority. They once again discussed the need for creating an institutionally i ...
Public Defender's Statement on Release of Video Footage Showing Private Life
According to media reports, on March 11, 2016, video footage showing private life of one of the opposition politicians was released on the internet. Such a high intensity of violation of the right to ...
Head of Regional Department of Public Defender's Office Presents Head of Adjara Division to Local Media
On March 11, 2016, Teimuraz Koridze, Head of the Regional Department of the Public Defender's Office, presented Tsiala Katamidze, head of the Adjara division of the Regional Department of the Public D ...
Public Defender Welcomes Release of Prisoners in Conflict Zone
On 10 March 2016 it became known that the Government of Georgia and the de facto authorities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia reached an agreement to release prisoners according to the principle - "all f ...
Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs Disregards Public Defender's Proposal
The Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs did not implement the Public Defender’s proposal concerning involvement of persons with neutral identity cards in the hepatitis C program.
The p ...
Head of Regional Department of Public Defender's Office Presents Head of Samegrelo Zemo-Svaneti Division to Local Media
On March 10, 2016, the Head of the Regional Department of the Public Defender's Office, Temur Koridze, held a press conference for the regional media in the city of Zugdidi, where he spoke about the c ...
Public Defender Invites UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Violence against Children
Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili sent a letter of invitation to UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Violence against Children Marta Santos Pais. The aim of the invitation is to study indi ...
