On May 19, the Public Defender of Georgia was informed of the murder of a young man, G.O., at the dividing line of Abkhazia. According to reports, G.O. was trying to convey products at the Khurcha-Nab ...

The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Russian-Caucasian War Victims is celebrated on May 21, when the Russian-Caucasian was finally completed in 1864. Caucasians were defeated in the war, including ...

On May 20, 2016, the Public Defender introduced the second information bulletin on the rights of conflict-affected population to the participants of the Ossetian forum. The document contains informati ...

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 ...

On May 4, 2016, the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers’ Deputies held its 1255th session. When discussing the issue of the agenda - “The Council of Europe and the conflict in Georg ...

Many infrastructural and social projects were implemented by the state in the villages alongside the dividing line in 2015. Nevertheless, the socio-economic and security situations remain difficult in ...

The Public Defender's Parliamentary Report 2015 provides an overview of the human rights situation in the occupied territories. The report notes that violation of fundamental rights, such as the right ...

On 15-17 April, 2016, training “Conflicts and Human Rights” was held for journalists within the framework of the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender in Borjomi. Protection of human ...

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 Ministry of Internal Affairs did not take into view the Public Defender’s recommendation of December 14, 2015, on granting compensation to the people living alongside the dividing line. T.T. ...

On 10 March 2016 it became known that the Government of Georgia and the de facto authorities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia reached an agreement to release prisoners according to the principle - "all f ...