On April 5, 2017, the Consultative Council of Monitoring the Promotion, Protection and Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held its tenth working meeting. The m ...

On 5 April 2017, the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender and the Information Center on NATO and EU held training for high and middle-level military officers within the framework of the NATO Da ...

The Public Defender of Georgia considers that the legislative amendments adopted by the Parliament on March 22, 2017, according to which, the technical means of wiretapping still remains in the State ...

World Autism Awareness Day is marked on April 2. In 2017, the theme of this day is "Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination". The UN Secretary General’s message of this year says that a ...

  This document is a report of the Public Defender about the situation of human rights and freedoms in the country in 2016. The document was prepared in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 22 ...

On 31 March, 2017, the Public Defender held another public debate, the theme of which was sexual harassment. The challenges relating to sexual harassment and possible solution to the problem were disc ...

On March 29, 2017, the Department of Gender Equality of the Public Defender's Office organized two information meetings in the public schools of the Kvemo Kartli villages of Sabirkendi and Takalo. The ...

On March 27-29, 2017, training was held within the framework of the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender and the project “Support to the Public Defender’s Office in Studying the Sit ...

On March 22, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Zaza Pachulia Basketball Academy with a recommendation concerning a case of direct discrimination on grounds of different opinion. The P ...

On March 28, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee with a proposal with regard to the fulfillment of obligations under the Istanbul Convention c ...

The Public Defender’s Office represents a national mechanism of monitoring the promotion, protection and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) in ...

On March 17, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted amicus curiae brief to Tbilisi City Court concerning the alleged sexual harassment of a woman by her employer. The plaintiff’s interes ...