On May 31, 2016, the Public Defender presented a special report about the human rights situation in the country’s mental hospitals to representatives of governmental agencies, international orga ...

On 23-27 May, 2016, the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held training for representatives of organizations working on the issues on the rights of persons with disabilities. The topic of th ...

On April 22, 2016, the Consultative Council for Monitoring the Implementation, Promotion and Protection of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held another working meeting, which ...

Realization of the labor rights of persons with disabilities is a significant challenge among the existing problems of protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. According to the Ministry ...

On April 13, 2016, the Public Defender submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Tbilisi City Court with regard to the use of special parking places by ​​persons with disabilities in Tbilisi. The Public ...

April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day. The day has been observed since 2008 as per the resolution of the United Nations and its goal is to continuously draw public attention to support individuals wit ...

On March 21 the world celebrates the World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD). The main aim of the foundation of the Day by the UN General Assembly is to raise public awareness of Down syndrome. The UN resoluti ...

On February 26, 2016, the Public Defender’s Consultative Council for Monitoring the Promotion, Protection and Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held its ...

The Public Defender's Office launched survey of the reform process of the Capacity Institute within the framework of monitoring of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with ...

The Public Defender is extremely concerned over the decease of persons with disabilities in daily special facilities over the recent months. Over the past three months 3 cases of alleged negligence of ...

The Public Defender responds to MP Gogi Topadze’s statement, made after listening to the President’s annual report at the parliamentary session on 3 February 2016, which contained stigma a ...

On December 21, 2015, the Consultative Council for monitoring the promotion, protection and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held its third working meeting/s ...