Considering the gravity of the matter, the Public Defender once again draws attention to the release and screening of videos showing sexual abuse and urges relevant agencies to make appropriate respon ...

On 15 October 2015 Deputy Public Defender Natia Katsitadze and Head of the Department of International Relations and Communications Niko Tatulashvili attended a meeting of representatives of the Counc ...

The Public Defender of Georgia is monitoring the court hearing into the broadcasting company Rustavi 2 case. A few months ago the Public Defender released a statement about the court's ruling on seizu ...

On 19 October 2015 the Public Defender opened the Academy of Human Rights. Pursuant to the legislation, one of the important functions of the Public Defender is to carry out educational activities on ...

The Public Defender considers that the investigation into the release of video footage showing torture and sexual abuse on October 17 must be completed as soon as possible. The Public Defender's Offic ...

On October 16, 2015, Tabula TV Director Tamar Chergoleishvili and Director General Lexo Machavariani as well as student Salome Khvadagiani were detained for sticking posters to a construction fence in ...

On 16 October 2015 the Public Defender held a round table on the issues of activation of the role of the Ossetian community, confidence building and conflict transformation. The state of the Ossetian ...

On 13 October 2015 the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, addressed the Court’s Judges and requested authorization to initiate an investigation into the alleged war ...

First Deputy Public Defender Paata Beltadze has met with Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren, Co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE). The ...

The Public Defender has responded to the 9 October TV story of “Rustavi 2” news edition “Kurieri” about Akhmed Chatayev being put on the United States’ global list of ter ...

10 October was first observed as World Mental Health Day in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues ar ...

Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili and First Deputy Public Defender Paata Beltadze are participating in the 12th International Conference being organized by the International Coordinating Committee of N ...