Public Defender Summarizes Election Day
The Public Defender of Georgia, within his legal mandate, supervises the protection of citizens' right to vote. The process of voting was largely peaceful.
The Public Defender calls on all parties inv ...
Public Defender Echoes Clashes Occurring in Kizilajlo Village of Marneuli Municipality
A representative of the Public Defender's Office, within his mandate, was monitoring developments at the 48th polling station in Marneuli’s 36th constituency. When the situation was es ...
Monitoring of Service Facility (Shelter) of Victims of Domestic Violence
On 13 and 30 September, 2016, the Department of Gender Equality of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of Tbilisi’s service facilities (shelters) of victims of trafficking and do ...
Public Defender Demands Immediate Investigation of the Case of Explosion
According to the reports spread on October 4, 2016, a vehicle of MP Giorgi (Givi) Targamadze, member of the opposition party United National Movement, was exploded in front of the party office. Report ...
Public Defender's Office to Monitor Rally of United National Movement
The Public Defender's Office of Georgia will monitor the 5 October rally of the United National Movement in Tbilisi. In particular, representatives of the Public Defender’s Office will monitor t ...
Deputy Public Defender Attends Meeting of European Network of Equality Bodies
Ekaterine Skhiladze, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, attended the Annual General Meeting of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) in Brussels on September 29-30, 2016. The network's act ...
Sharing Experience of Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman in Protection of Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
On 27-29 September, 2016, meetings were held between the institutions of the Public Defender of Georgia and the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The aim of the meeti ...
Public Defender Congratulates Jewish Community on Rosh Hashanah
Public Defender Congratulates Jewish Community on Rosh Hashanah
The Jews celebrate the beginning of the Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah on October 2-4. According to the Jewish tradition, these are the ...
Public Defender's Statement on Incident Occurring in Didinedzi Village
The Public Defender is responding to the case of violence that took place in the village of Didinedzi, Zugdidi municipality, on October 1, 2016.
A representative of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Division ...
Public Defender’s Statement on International Day of Older Persons
1 October was founded as International Day of Older Persons by the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution №45/106 in 1990.
The theme of the day in 2016 is: “Fight against ageism&rdqu ...
Public Debate: Elections and Inclusive Electoral Environment
On September 30, 2016, the Public Defender held another public debate on the theme: “Elections and inclusive electoral environment." 8 days before the country's general elections, Ucha Nanuashvi ...
Annual Conference of European Network of Ombudspersons for Children
An annual conference and a session of the General Assembly of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) were held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 20-22, 2015. Tamar Chkholaria and ...
