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 ...

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/ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Public Defender positively evaluates Giorgi Mamaladze's release. About 3 months ago, the Public Defender addressed the Minister of Justice with a recommendation[1] to change the imprisonment of co ...

On January 25, 2024, a group of specialists/experts set up by the Public Defender of Georgia made another visit to the VivaMedi clinic to assess the condition of Mikheil Saakashvili. It is known to th ...

On February 2, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited the National Mental Health Center in the village of Kutiri, Khoni municipality. The Public Defender viewed the buildings and the yard of th ...

On February 1, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited Kutaisi Penitentiary Establishment No. 2, where he met the director of the institution and members of the administration; he also met and t ...

On January 23 and 24, 2024, representatives of the Public Defender of Georgia met and talked with the 19 persons arrested during the protest rally held on Kekelidze Street regarding the eviction of a ...

On January 15, 2024, Public Defender Levan Ioselian signed an order, according to which, the Office extended cooperation with the group of specialists/experts created to assess the adequacy and timeli ...

On December 26, 2023, Public Defender of Georgia Levan Ioseliani met with the family members of Irakli Bebua, who is imprisoned in Abkhazia. Levan Ioseliani received information about the prisoner's h ...