October 15 was initiated as International White Cane Safety Day by the International Federation of the Blind in 1970. Celebration of this day reminds us of the people with different needs that live wi ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has presented another information bulletin about the efforts of the Public Defender’s Office. The bulletin offers information concerning the project Monitoring of ...

Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement, Day of Forgiveness – is the most important and sacred Jewish holiday, the main purpose of which is to analyze the past year and repent sins. Every autumn, on the t ...

On 2-5 October, 2016, Natia Katsitadze, First Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, and Tamar Gabiani, Head of the Department of Protection of Human Rights in Defense, took part in the 8th conference of ...

11 October is the International Day of Girl Child. Celebration of this day is aimed at recognizing and protecting girls' rights, promoting their education and strengthening their capacity, as well as ...

The Public Defender of Georgia expresses sorrow over the death of a miner in Tkibuli’s Mindeli mine and offers sympathy to his family. As reported, T.K., the chief of the evening shift of the ve ...

On October 10, 2016, competition Me Ombudsman was launched for the seventh time. The competition is being held by the support from the Ministry of Education and Science and is funded by the EU project ...

World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10. The theme of this year’s Mental Health Day is: "Dignity in mental health - psychiatric and psychological first aid for everyone." Activation of ...

According to information provided by the Public Defender's election monitors, incidents occurred in some regions of Georgia during counting of votes in polling stations, as a result of which, some ind ...

The Public Defender of Georgia, within his legal mandate, supervises the protection of citizens' right to vote. The process of voting was largely peaceful. The Public Defender calls on all parties inv ...

A representative of the Public Defender's Office, within his mandate, was monitoring developments at the 48th polling station in Marneuli’s 36th constituency. When the situation was es ...

On 13 and 30 September, 2016, the Department of Gender Equality of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of Tbilisi’s service facilities (shelters) of victims of trafficking and do ...