On July 9, 2016, the Public Defender's Office participated in the event dedicated to the World Refugee Day in the Pankisi Gorge. Locals held a folk concert and sporting events. Representatives of the ...

The International Ombudsman Institute has organized a working meeting in cooperation with the Association for the Prevention of Torture in Vilnius, Lithuania, on June 21-23, 2016. The theme of the mee ...

On July 7, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia with a proposal to immediately launch an investigation into an alleged ill-treatment of defendant D.G. The Pub ...

The Parliament of Georgia listened to the Public Defender's annual report on the situation of human rights and freedoms at the plenary session on 24 June 2016. As a result, the legislative body adopte ...

On June 21, 2016, Deputy Public Defender Natia Katsitadze participated in the 9th meeting of the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Working Group on Democracy, where the ongoing and impleme ...

The third meeting was held between Georgian and Abkhaz human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations under the auspices of the Council of Europe in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, from ...

The Public Defender of Georgia congratulates the Muslims living in Georgia on the end of Ramadan, beginning of Eid al-Fitr, and wishes them peace and prosperity. It is believed that the Quran was firs ...

On of the issues reviewed in the Public Defender's Parliamentary Report 2015 is making necessary amendments to the Law on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination. Under the national law, the term f ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has studied the legality of the dismissal of Mamuka Akhvlediani, Chairman of Tbilisi City Court and Criminal Cases Panel, on his own initiative and has submitted a relev ...

On June 21-24, 2016, the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held training for 25 military servants and lawyers of the Ministry of Defense on the theme: human rights in the military service. T ...

On June 27, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia held another public debate on the theme: environmental problems in legislation and practice. The main issues of discussion were gaps in the list of ass ...

Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili has sent a letter of invitation to UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Rita Izsák in order to improve protection of the rights of national minorities in th ...