On July 17-19, 2024, within the framework of the European Union project - "Support to the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia", a training was held for the employees of the Office and members of ...

On July 9, 2024, another working meeting was held between the Public Defender’s Office and the Special Penitentiary Service. The agencies discussed the challenges identified by the Public Defend ...

On September 23 and 24, 2023, the Special Preventive Group made a preventive visit to the psychiatric hospital of Batumi Medical Center LLC. The purpose of the monitoring was to assess the protection ...

On July 21, 2023, the Special Prevention Group of the Public Defender of Georgia made a preventive visit to the temporary placement center of the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affai ...

The Public Defender of Georgia welcomes the adoption of the new penal code. Although there is still room for improvements in the code, it is an important step towards better protection of prisoners' r ...

On November 30, 2023, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited Tbilisi Mental Health Center LLC (Gldani psychiatric institution) and received information about the protection of patients' rights. The P ...

On March 24, 2023 and on May 1-2, 2023, members of the Special Preventive Group of the Public Defender of Georgia made monitoring visits to the Special Establishment for Women No. 5 of the Special Pen ...

On June 8, 2023, the Deputies of the Head of the Department of National Preventive Mechanism of the Public Defender of Georgia, Akaki Kukhaleishvili and Daniel Mgeliashvili, met with students of the F ...

On June 12, 2023, the Public Defender of Georgia took part in an event related to the opening of Houses of Justice in the penitentiary establishments. The innovation involves on-site access to more th ...

On May 22, 2023, employees of the National Preventive Mechanism of the Public Defender conducted a workshop for the students of Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University, the theme of which was - "Pr ...

On June 2, 2023, a working meeting was held between the Public Defender’s Office and the Special Penitentiary Service. Levan Ioseliani, Public Defender of Georgia, and Nika Tskhvarashvili, Direc ...

On March 24, 2023, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited Women's Penitentiary Establishment No. 5 in Rustavi. The Public Defender viewed the institution's infrastructure, living conditions, personal ...