Meeting on Prohibition of Physical Abuse of Children
From November 28 through December 2, 2016, Maia Gedevanishvili, Head of the Public Defender’s Center for Child’s Rights, participated in a meeting on the prohibition of physical abuse of c ...
Training of Human Rights Academy of Public Defender for Employees of Ministry of Corrections
From November 29 through December 2, 2016, the Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held training for 22 employees of the Ministry of Corrections on the theme: “Human rights-based managem ...
Annual Meeting of Working Group on UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
On November 24-25, 2016, Nino Valikov, the chief specialist of the Department of the Rights of Person with Disabilities of the Public Defender's Office, attended an annual meeting and workshop of the ...
Public Lecture at Gori State Teaching University
On December 5, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili held a public lecture at the Gori State Teaching University within the framework of the Human Rights Week.
At the meeting with the students, the P ...
Public Defender’s Special Letter about Teaching of Abkhazian Language
The Public Defender of Georgia has appealed to the Minister of Education and Science and the State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality to ensure opportunities for ethnic Abkhazians living i ...
Public Defender's Statement on Death of Miner at Chiatura Mine
According to the media reports, on December 3, 2016, P.G., a driver of a locomotive, has died in the Chiatura mine.
The Public Defender expresses sympathy at the death of the miner, offers condolences ...
Meeting on Strengthening of Independence of National Human Rights Institutions in OSCE region
On November 28-29, 2016, in Warsaw, Poland, Ekaterine Skhiladze, the Deputy Public Defender, and Vanda Jijelava, the Public Defender's Adviser on Legal Issues, took part in the experts’ meeting ...
Public Defender's Statement on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed on December 3. The theme for this year’s International Day is “Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want”. The theme fo ...
Ekaterine Skhiladze Wins Kato Mikeladze Award 2016
The Kato Mikeladze Award was founded in Georgia by the Women's Fund in 2013 and it is marked every year, on November 29 - International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. Celebration of this day is rel ...
Conference on Elimination of Violence against Women
Deputy Public Defender Ekaterine Skhiladze attended a Conference on Complex Approach to Elimination of Violence against Women in Belgrade, Serbia, on November 25, 2016.
In her speech, the Deputy Publi ...
Working Visit of Representatives of Public Defender's Department of Prevention and Monitoring to Croatia
On November 22-24, 2016, representatives of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office of Georgia, paid a working/study visit to the Croatian capital, Zagreb. The aim ...
Meeting with Representatives of Armenia's Human Rights Office and UNHCR
On 24-25 November, 2016, the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia hosted representatives of the Human Rights Office of Armenia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ...
