Meeting on Prohibition of Physical Abuse of Children
From November 28 through December 2, 2016, Maia Gedevanishvili, Head of the Public Defender’s Center for Child’s Rights, participated in a meeting on the prohibition of physical abuse of c ...
Public Defender's Statement on Neglect of Child's Best Interests in Kindergarten
The Public Defender is responding to the video spread on social networks, which shows children's performance of a “wedding” in Tbilisi’s 56th kindergarten. The Public Defender consid ...
Annual Conference of European Network of Ombudspersons for Children
An annual conference and a session of the General Assembly of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) were held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 20-22, 2015. Tamar Chkholaria and ...
Training of Human Rights Academy for Caregivers of Children’s Homes of Orthodox Patriarchate and Muslim Confession of Georgia
On August 22-26, 2016, the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held training for 19 caregivers of children’s homes under the Orthodox Patriarchate and the Muslim confession of Georgia. T ...
Special Reports on Monitoring of Foster Care and Reintegration Services
On July 18, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia held a presentation of special reports on monitoring of foster care and reintegration services within the framework of the project supported by the Uni ...
Child Rights Situation in Georgia
On June 1, 2016, the Public Defender presented a chapter on the rights of the child of the parliamentary report 2015.
At the event, the Public Defender and representatives of the Center for Child&rsqu ...
Coverage of Juvenile Issues by TV Channels
The Public Defender echoes the broadcasting company Rustavi 2’s program - Nanuka Zhorjoliani’s Show and Imedi TV’s program - Gia Jajanidze Show, which concerned the issue of juvenile ...
Execution of Court Decisions in Parliamentary Report
The Public Defender's Parliamentary Report 2015 focuses on proper implementation of the child's right to relationship with both parents, in particular, consideration of the child's interests by the co ...
Monitoring of State Subprograms on Foster Care and Reintegration
One of the important issues in the Public Defender's report 2015 is monitoring of state subprograms on foster care and reintegration, which was first held in 2015 within the mandate of the Public Defe ...
Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender Holds Training for Psychologists of Small family type children houses
From April 18 to April 22, 2016, the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held TOT training for 22 psychologists of the Social Service Agency of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affair ...
Meeting with United Nations Special Rapporteur
On April 15, 2016, the Public Defender's Office was visited by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
The issues ...
Illegal Transfer of Juveniles Across National Borders
Illegal transfer of juveniles across national borders is one of the most problematic issues in the field of child rights. Applications related to this issue, submitted to the Public Defender’s O ...
