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 ...

On December 3, 2015, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Public Defender held a meeting with representatives of the Governmental Administration, Ministries and non-governmental ...

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed on 3 December. The Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992. The Day works to promote public awareness on the r ...

On November 18-19, 2015, training “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Monitoring Report” was held by the support from the International Foundation for Electoral Syst ...

On October 28, 2015, the Public Defender addressed the Municipal Development Fund with a recommendation to ensure that the needs of persons with disabilities and the principles of “universal des ...

October 19, 2015, the Public Defender’s Consultation Council for Monitoring the Promotion, Protection and Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held its sec ...

10 October was first observed as World Mental Health Day in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues ar ...