Conference - World Down Syndrome Day - 2023
On March 17, 2023, Public Defender of Georgia Levan Ioseliani participated in the 7th conference dedicated to the World Down Syndrome Day.
Participants in the event talked about the projects implement ...
Information Meeting for Employees of Center for Mental Health and Prevention of Addiction
On February 20, 2023, representatives of the Public Defender’s Office held an information meeting on equality and non-discrimination for the employees of the Center for Mental Health and Prevent ...
Public Defender’s Statement on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 3 marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities on the initiative of the United Nations. Its purpose is to promote the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, as well as ...
Implementation of Housing Services in the Context of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
In January and March 2022, the Public Defender’s Office monitored 11 social housing facilities operating in 7 municipalities of Georgia (Tbilisi, Rustavi, Kutaisi, Gori, Batumi, Ozurgeti and Zug ...
Public Defender’s Statement in connection with World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is marked on October 10 every year, which serves to raise public awareness of mental health and mobilize efforts to support those who have mental health problems.
This year's t ...
Right to Work and Employment of Persons with Disabilities
In 2022, the Public Defender’s Office studied the situation of the right to work and employment of persons with disabilities of working age living in Georgia. The report evaluates the study cond ...
CRPD Consultative Council Holds Another Session
On September 16, 2022, the Public Defender’s Consultative Council for the Promotion, Protection and Monitoring of the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons wi ...
Public Defender Checks Implementation of Free Meal Programme
In February and March 2022, the Public Defender's Office monitored 59 randomly selected soup kitchens operating in 25 municipalities of Georgia.
It should be noted that the free meal programme is bein ...
Public Defender Addresses the Culture, Education and Sports Center of the Union of the Blind with Recommendation relating to Violation of Labour Right ...
The Public Defender’s Office of Georgia studied the alleged illegal dismissal of former employees of the Culture, Education and Sports Center of the Union of the Blind of Georgia – NNLE an ...
Information Meetings on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Kvemo Kartli, Adjara and Imereti Regions
In June 2022, employees of the Gender Department and the Department on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Public Defender’s Office - Gvantsa Kharatishvili, Mariam Gvidiani, Ana Lobzh ...
Public Defender’s Statement on Improper Living Conditions in Social Homes of Gori, Ozurgeti and Kutaisi
In February and March 2022, the monitoring group of the Public Defender of Georgia inspected the social homes for homeless people in Gori, Ozurgeti and Kutaisi and found that the conditions there do n ...
Public Defender’s Statement on Changes in Determination of Social Package for Persons with Disabilities
The Public Defender of Georgia welcomes changes to the Decree of the Government of Georgia on Social Package, as a result of which persons with disabilities will no longer be restricted from receiving ...
