Monitoring of Deportation Process
An innovation - monitoring of joint return operations - was introduced in the work of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2014. It is important that the monitoring has become regular, as a result of ...
Second Quarterly Bulletin of the National Preventive Mechanism
The Public Defender's National Preventive Mechanism has published its second quarterly information bulletin. The main theme of the bulletin is the event held in connection with the International Day i ...
Monitoring Report of Penitentiary Facility N2
On 7 October 2015 the Public Defender published a report on the visit of a special preventive group to the penitentiary facility N2.
The visit revealed that the practice of visual surveillance, used f ...
State of Rights of Older Persons in Specialized Facilities
On 1 October 2015 Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili held a presentation of a monitoring report of the Department of Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Public Defender's Office and the National ...
Report on the Visit to Penitentiary Facility No 7
The Public Defender of Georgia has issued a report on the visit carried out by the Special Preventive Group to the penitentiary facility No 7. After detecting significant violations during the visit t ...
Recommendation on Supply of Stores of Penitentiary Institutions
The Public Defender of Georgia has addressed Minister of Corrections and Probation Kakha Kakhishvili with a recommendation on ensuring the prisoners’ right to use stores in penitentiary institut ...
Representatives of Public Defender's Office pay training visit to Serbia
Representatives of the Public Defender's Office of Georgia paid a training visit to the Ombudsman's Office of Serbia on July 21-24. The visit was attended by Deputy Public Defender Natia Katsitadze, H ...
Presentation of the National Preventive Mechanism Report
On June 26, 2015, in connection with International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Public Defender of Georgia held presentation of the Annual Report of the National Preventive Mechanism. At ...
Bulletin N1 of the National Preventive Mechanism
The National Preventive Mechanism has published its first ever quarterly bulletin. The publication of the bulletin aims at raising public awareness on activities of the National Preventive Mechanism, ...
Monitoring of National Preventive Mechanism in the Penitentiary Establishment N3
On May 7-9, 2015, the National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia conducted a repeated control visit to the Penitentiary Establishment N3. The monitoring revealed significant problems related to legal ri ...
Public Defender and the Special Preventive Group Member will be Granted the Right to Take Photos in Penitentiary Establishments
On May 1, 2015, the Parliament of Georgia approved “the Code of Imprisonment” and substantial package of related draft laws with the third hearing which gives the Public Defender and the m ...
Public Debate: Ill- Treatment in Penitentiary Establishments - How Adequate is the State Response?
On January 30, 2015, the Public Defender held a public debate on the topic: “Ill-treatment in penitentiary establishments – how adequate is the state response?” The debate was modera ...
