On August 16, 2017, the Public Defender addressed the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia with a recommendation concerning the ineffectiveness of the response mechanism against child abuse in ...

According to media reports spread on August 16, 2017, local resident and civil activist Tamar Mearakishvili was detained in the occupied district of Akhalgori. Tamar Mearakishvili had always been acti ...

The Public Defender of Georgia is echoing the illegal restrictions on the freedom of assembly of railway workers, who have been on a hunger strike due to changes in labour conditions in front of the a ...

On August 7-8, 2017, the international non-governmental organization Penal Reform International organized a working meeting with the UN Committee against Torture (CAT), which aimed to discuss the eval ...

9 years have passed since the August 2008 war, though the people living on the occupied territories and along the dividing line still suffer from the consequences of the war.  The situation of ID ...

L.Gh. an employee of the Public Defender's Office, and his companion I.Gh. were physically and verbally abused by 15-20 guards in the vicinity of the Lilo market at about 9:30 am, on July 29, 2017. As ...

We, the members of the Council of Religions, under the auspices of the Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia, would like to express our concern about the restrictions of freedom of belief, conscience ...

On July 28, 2017, the Human Rights and Monitoring Center - EMC presented a report titled as “Public Defender as Equality Mechanism. Analysis of Legislation and Practice". The report includes rec ...

On July 28, 2017, members of the Council of National Minorities of the Public Defender met with the employees of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia. Representatives of the Mi ...

On July 21-25, 2017, employees of the Public Defender's Office and members of the Special Preventive Group paid a study visit to the Republic of Armenia. The aim of the visit was to share the experien ...

On July 28, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia held another public debate in the city of Gori on the topic: “Investigation of Crimes Committed during 2008 War and Security Challenges”. T ...

With the support of the European Union and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), organization ACT conducted a research - Human Rights and Access to Justice in Georgia: Public Perceptions ...