On March 9, 2022, Public Defender's representatives visited Penitentiary Establishment No. 12, where they met with prisoner Mikheil Saakashvili and talked to the medical staff. The visit made it clear ...

On February 2, 2022, the Public Defender of Georgia applied to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) with a request to evaluate the law abolishing the State Inspect ...

The Public Defender proposed to the Parliament of Georgia to make legislative changes in order to enable accused prisoners to call their lawyers any time, even when their right to make calls is restri ...

The Ministry of Justice has implemented the Public Defender’s recommendation and changed the administrative practice of penitentiary establishments, which had been greatly complicating the revis ...

The public is aware that on November 16, 2021, the Public Defender of Georgia, on the basis of Order No. 157[1], established a group of specialists/experts to assess the adequacy and timeliness of the ...

On December 22, 2021, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report on the Ninotsminda Orphanage, which includes the findings of the monitoring of the orphanage after the events of spring ...

On December 16, 2021, the Tbilisi City Court will hold a final hearing in the case of Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze. We would like to remind the public that on January 9, 2020, the Public Defe ...

On December 12, 2021, the group of experts/specialists set up by the Public Defender paid a fourth visit to patient (accused/convicted) Mikheil Saakashvili. The patient has been placed in the Giorgi A ...

On November 23, 2021, the group of experts/specialists set up by the Public Defender paid its third visit to patient (accused/convicted) Mikheil Saakashvili. The patient has been treated at the Giorgi ...

On November 22, 2021, the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia addressed the Public Defender and requested the involveme ...

One of the clinical aggravations predicted by the group of specialists/experts set up by the Public Defender of Georgia relating to Mikheil Saakashvili occurred yesterday. After observing the aggravat ...

In March 2021, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA), in cooperation with the Public Defender's Office and with the support of USAID/PROLoG, launched a pilot project aimed at providing legal ...