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 Defender Giorgi Burjanadze.

The meeting was supported by the Council of Europe's project “Juvenile and Adult Detainees Support”.

Public Defender's monitoring results, special reports and trends identified on the basis of individual complaints, which are also related to the investigative mandate of the State Inspector’s Office, were discussed at the meeting.

Results of the first few months of performance of the investigative function of the State Inspector’s Office were also summarized at the meeting. Information was presented about challenges and the results achieved.

Participants of the meeting highlighted the importance of holding such meetings in the future for increasing the degree of coordination between the two agencies for better responding to human rights challenges.