We have witnessed appalling crimes in recent days. Gender-based violence against women has reached unprecedented brutality. These femicide cases are a tragedy not only for the families but for the who ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has presented an information bulletin of June. The document briefly reviews Public Defender’s activities, meetings with heads of state agencies, international visi ...

On July 8, 2016, Georgia’s Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the NGO WeCare initiated campaign MenCare. Presentation of the campaign was attended by Public Defender Ucha N ...

The Public Defender is echoing a pre-election advertising of the New Political Center - Cone. According to the content of the advertising, it is important young voters to take part in elections, as ea ...

On 7-9 July, 2016, 3-day training was held on photography for the employees of the Department of Monitoring and Prevention, the Department of Criminal Justice and the Regional Department of the Public ...

On July 8, 2016, the Public Defender addressed the Temporary State Commission Addressing the Needs of the Population Living in the Villages Adjacent to the Dividing line with a recommendation to revie ...

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 ...