On 16 July 2009, the Public Defender’s Office was granted the mandate of the National Preventive Mechanism, by which the institution joined the global system of prevention of torture, which aims ...

On 26 June 2019, the Public Defender of Georgia presented two special reports in connection with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: (1) Report of the National Preventive ...

On 7 June 2019, the First Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, Tamar Gvaramadze, discussed the importance of the Public Defender as a human rights institution, the history of development of European omb ...

On November 13, 2018, a delegation from the Republic of Tajikistan paid a study visit to the Public Defender's Office of Georgia. Members of the delegation were the Deputy Head of the State Protection ...

On June 28, 2018, the Human Rights Center presented a special report on the situation of female and juvenile prisoners in Georgia at the Human Rights House. The report was prepared with financial supp ...

On June 26, 2018, the Public Defender of Georgia and the Penal Reform International held a regional conference in connection with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, where the Nati ...

On December 12, 2017, representatives of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of the joint return operation of 58 Georgian citizens residi ...

On December 6, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a study prepared by the Special Preventive Group on the situation of health rights in the penitentiary system. The study, prepar ...

On December 6, 2017, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili introduced the rules of cooperation with NGOs within the framework of the mandate of the National Preventive Mechanism to the public. The rul ...

On October 18-20, 2017, members of the National Preventive Mechanism of the Republic of Moldova paid a study visit to Georgia. The aim of the visit was to get acquainted with the activities of the Nat ...

On October 11, 2017, representatives of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of the joint return operation of the Georgian citizens living ...

A workshop titled “Effective Safeguards to Prevent Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment during Arrest and Pre-trial Detention” was held in Geneva, Switzerl ...