On February 21-22, 2020, a working meeting was held between the Public Defender's Office and the State Inspector’s Office, which was led by State Inspector Londa Toloraia and Deputy Public Defen ...

The Public Defender of Georgia considers that Georgia should not make a positive decision relating to the motion of the Russian Federation concerning additional charges against Yaroslav Sumbayev. In O ...

The Public Defender of Georgia is responding to the verdict delivered by the Supreme Court against Gigi Ugulava, G.S, D.A., A.T. and D.A. and considers that the case represents materialization of the ...

On February 10, 2020, Public Defender filed an amicus curiae brief with the Constitutional Court of Georgia relating Nikanor Melia’s constitutional suit that argues the constitutionality of the ...

The Public Defender’s Office of Georgia has studied the practice of early conditional release of convicts and replacement of the unserved part of a sentence with a lighter penalty, as well as th ...

The Public Defender of Georgia would like to respond to the illegal public disclosure of the details of the Public Defender's meeting with inmates by the Special Penitentiary Service/Ministry of Justi ...

On January 22, 2020, the Public Defender addressed the State Inspector with a request to examine the lawfulness of public disclosure of video footage by the Minister of Justice at the sitting of the P ...

On January 9, 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia filed an amicus curiae brief with the Tbilisi City Court in connection with the money laundering case against Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze. ...

The Public Defender of Georgia is responding to the President's refusal to pardon Giorgi Mamaladze and once again reminds public of the substantive shortcomings identified in the investigation and tri ...

Yesterday, on December 26, the High Council of Justice submitted 6 Supreme Court judicial candidates to the Parliament of Georgia. The Public Defender identified the same shortcomings that had been id ...

On 18 December 2019, Maia Gedevanishvili, Head of the Human Rights Department of the Public Defender’s Office, and Gvantsa Chkhaidze, Head of the Department of Criminal Justice, participated in ...

On 26 November 2019, the President of Georgia approved a new pardon rule by order No 556. The new rule differs significantly from the old procedure and therefore, it is necessary to provide informatio ...