On January 21, 2021, after a 12-year wait, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued a very important judgment for Georgia in the case of Georgia v. Russia (II). The ruling refers ...

On December 10 - International Human Rights Day, the Public Defender of Georgia is summarizing the human rights situation in Georgia with this statement. In 2020, the main challenge in Georgia, as wel ...

On November 25, 2020, the Public Defender's Office of Georgia, non-governmental organization UPR-info and Open Society Georgia Foundation held an online pre-session hearing, during which representativ ...

The Public Defender of Georgia submitted an alternative report to the UN Human Rights Committee on Georgia's implementation of its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political R ...

On October 5, 2020, within the framework of the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Lara Jamarauli, Representative of the Public Defender’s Office to the Office of the UN Comm ...

For the first time this year, the Public Defender presented a special report detailing the  implementation of the tasks assigned to state agencies by the 20 September resolution of the Parliament ...

On July 9, 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted an alternative report to the United Nations for the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Georgia. The alternative report conc ...

On June 25, 2020, Nino Lomjaria, Public Defender of Georgia, presented a report on the situation of human rights in 2019 to the Committee on Human Rights and Civil Integration of the Parliament of Geo ...

On June 3, 2020, for the first time, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted an alternative report on the situation of enforcement of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the Unite ...

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published a list of issues relating to the initial report submitted by Georgia. In the document the Committee outlines the key issues re ...

On May 21, 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted opinions to the Parliament of Georgia relating to the draft amendments to the Law of Georgia on Public Health and the Criminal Procedure Code ...

The Public Defender of Georgia, as a constitutional body oversighting the protection of human rights in the country, has issued a special address to the State and people of Georgia. Although additiona ...