Public Defender’s Office Monitors Assembly
The Public Defender’s Office was actively monitoring the April 28 assembly held in front of the Parliament of Georgia. Public Defender’s representatives were trying to establish the locati ...
Public Defender Visits Penitentiary Establishment No. 1 in Laituri, Ozurgeti Municipality
On April 25, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited Penitentiary Establishment No. 1 in Laituri, Ozurgeti municipality, talked to prisoners, including those sentenced to life imprisonment ...
Public Defender’s Representative Visits Persons Detained during Rally
The representative of the Public Defender visited one citizen detained during the April 17 rally. The detainee claims that he was detained without grounds.
The Public Defender’s Office has also ...
Initial Monitoring Results of April 16-17 Protests
The Public Defender of Georgia echoes the use of force and special equipment by law enforcement officers in the vicinity of the Parliament on the night of April 16-17, 2024, and publishes the initial ...
Public Defender’s Representatives Visit Detained Demonstrators
Representatives of the Public Defenderof Georgia visited 10 persons arrested on the night of April 15 at the protest rally in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi.
One of the detainees referred ...
Public Defender Visits Penitentiary Establishments Nos. 16 and 17
On April 2, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani met with convicts in Rustavi Establishments Nos. 16 and 17, including those sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Public Defender inspected the faciliti ...
Working Meeting on Challenges in the Field of Justice
On March 21-22, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani participated in a working meeting, where, together with representatives of the Bar Association and civil society, the issues of the development of ...
Public Defender Meets Inmates Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
On March 14, 2024, the Public Defender made another visit to Penitentiary Establishment No. 8 and met with all inmates sentenced to life imprisonment, who have undergone a 2-year preparatory programme ...
Public Defender Applies to Parliament of Georgia
The Public Defender applied to the Parliament of Georgia to exempt witnesses, victims, defendants, convicted and acquitted persons from the obligation to pay for the expenses of the vehicles obtained/ ...
Public Defender Visits Penitentiary Establishment No. 8
On March 7, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani met with part of the life sentence prisoners placed in Penitentiary Establishment No. 8 (Gldani), who have undergone a 2-year preparatory programme fo ...
Public Defender’s Statement regarding Initiative to Expand Investigative Jurisdiction of Special Investigation Service
The Public Defender welcomes the submission of the draft law[1] to the Parliament of Georgia, which provides for the expansion of the investigative jurisdiction of the Special Investigation Service to ...
Court of Appeal Considers Public Defender's Amicus Curiae Brief
The Chamber of Criminal Cases of the Tbilisi Court of Appeal, after getting familiarized itself with the argumentation presented in the Public Defender's amicus curiae brief, by the dec ...
