On December 13-16, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili and representatives of the Public Defender's Office took part in the Georgian-Abkhazian meeting organized by the Council of Europe. The meeting, which was aimed at exchanging information and discussing the human rights situation of the conflict-affected population, was also attended by representatives of the Georgian and Abkhaz civil societies. The topics of discussion included the right to education, awareness-raising about human rights, the freedom of movement and the related right to health, women's and children's rights, and the situation in the penitentiary system.

The participants agreed on that it is important to take specific measures to raise awareness of human rights and outlined concrete steps for the implementation of the measures.

This format of a dialogue, created by the efforts of the Public Defender's Office and support from the Council of Europe, has been effective since 2014 and includes a regular cycle of meetings. It is being implemented within the confidence-building initiatives of the Council of Europe Directorate of Political Affairs and is aimed at restoring cooperation and dialogue between the societies split by conflicts.