On May 13, 2016, the Public Defender presented a report on women's rights and gender equality in Georgia to representatives of governmental agencies, international organizations and non-governmental s ...

On May 13, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Government of Georgia to draft amendments to the law on higher education in order to bring the law in compliance with the principle of equ ...

During the reporting period of 2015, the Public Defender and his staff had been actively monitoring the rights situation of conflict-affected population in the occupied territories, as a result of whi ...

According to the Public Defender's parliamentary report of 2015, the high number of applications submitted by socially vulnerable citizens and the results of their study refer to a number of problems ...

We welcome the legislative initiative of the Members of Parliament, Tamar Kordzaia and Tamar Khidasheli, on the definition of sexual harassment and introduction of a relevant sanction in the Administr ...

The 2015 parliamentary report notes that the Public Defender had repeatedly addressed the Minister of Corrections with a recommendation to close the penitentiary facility N7 due to its grave living co ...

On May 7-8, 2016, training was held for the staff of the Public Defender's Department of Criminal Justice, the Department of Prevention and Monitoring, the Regional Department and members of the Speci ...

The Public Defender's April information bulletin offers information about the Office activities, including the developed recommendations and proposals, involvement in the legislative process, educatio ...

On April 30, 2016, the Public Defender addressed the Ministry of Education and Science with a general proposal regarding preventing and combating discrimination. The Public Defender called on the Mini ...

On 6 May, 2016, the Parliament’s Committee of Human Rights and Civil Integration considered the Public Defender’s report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in 2015. The Public ...

On May 3, 2016, the Consultative Council of the National Preventive Mechanism held its sixth meeting. The National Preventive Mechanism’s activity report of the first quarter of 2016 was present ...

On May 5, 2016, the Parliament’s Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee discussed the Public Defender’s report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in 2015. In his speech Pu ...