April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day. The day has been observed since 2008 as per the resolution of the United Nations and its goal is to continuously draw public attention to support individuals wit ...

This document is a report of the Public Defender about the situation of human rights and freedoms in the country in 2015 and highlights civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It also ...

On April 1 Assyrians celebrate a New Year, Akitu- Kha b' Nisan. On 1 April 2016, the year of 6766 has come according to their calendar. This holiday originates from the traditions of Mesopotamia and i ...

On March 30, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili and Deputy Public Defender Natia Katsitadze met with Pavel Svoboda, head of the European Parliament's delegation and member of the European People's ...

From March 21 to March 25, 2016, the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held the training for 42 prosecutors and investigators of Tbilisi and regional Prosecutor's Offices. The theme of the t ...

“Self-timer is turned on” The Public Defender has launched information campaign - "Self-timer is turned on" against the release of the video footage showing private life. The aim of the c ...

The Armenian Apostolic Church, as well as Catholic, Evangelical-Lutheran and other Churches that follow the Western calendar, celebrate the Easter holiday on March 27. The Public Defender of Georgia c ...

The Public Defender welcomes the agreement reached at the 35th round of Geneva talks – the restoration of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, which had been suspended for the last 4 ...

On March 23, 2016, the Public Defender talked about the role of national human rights institutions in the conflict and post-conflict situations at the meeting of the Global Alliance for National Human ...

The Public Defender of Georgia was elected as a full member of the Bureau of the Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) at the meeting held in Geneva on March 22, 2016. Georgi ...

On March 21-22, 2016, the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons was held in the Parliament of Georgia. The ...

In November 2015 hotline was activated in the Public Defender's Office for the first time. This is Public Defender's new pilot project, which offers citizens much more flexible and effective mechanism ...