The Special Preventive Group of the Public Defender of Georgia conducted monitoring in penitentiary establishments N2, N8, N14 and N15 in July and August 2019. Visits were made to the largest semi-ope ...

From November 25 to December 20, 2019, representatives of the Public Defender of Georgia held meetings with various target groups on issues of sexual harassment. Meetings with representatives of the M ...

On 17-18 December 2019, First Deputy Public Defender Tamar Gvaramadze and Public Defender’s Attorneys Tamta Papuashvili and Beka Javakhadze participated in the first Global Refugee Forum in Gene ...

On 19 December 2019, the Consultative Council for Promotion, Protection and Monitoring of Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held its 20th meeting, which was c ...

On 29 November 2019, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Government of Georgia and the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia with a proposal relating to the cycle of le ...

On 18 December 2019, Maia Gedevanishvili, Head of the Human Rights Department of the Public Defender’s Office, and Gvantsa Chkhaidze, Head of the Department of Criminal Justice, participated in ...

On 18 December 2019, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria met with State Inspector Londa Toloraia to get more information about the factual circumstances of the death of 15-year-old Luka Siradze. The Public ...

On 17 December 2019, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria and Deputy Public Defender Giorgi Burjanadze met with schoolchildren to discuss the importance and role of human rights education, as well as the act ...

On 26 November 2019, the President of Georgia approved a new pardon rule by order No 556. The new rule differs significantly from the old procedure and therefore, it is necessary to provide informatio ...

The Eastern and Western Georgia Divisions of the Public Defender's Office held dozens of meetings in various cities and villages of Georgia within the framework of the 16 Days of Activism Against ...

The Public Defender of Georgia is responding to the recent media reports about alleged pressure exerted on citizens in the regions of Georgia. The Public Defender's representatives talked to citizens ...

On December 11-12, 2019, representatives of the Department of National Preventive Mechanism of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights  paid a study visit to Georgia. Within the fr ...