Public Defender Meets Thomas Hammarberg
On September 16, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili met with independent human rights expert Thomas Hammarberg. The human rights situation in the occupied territories and the challenges existing a ...
Training of Human Rights Academy of Public Defender on International Protection of Refugees
The Human Rights Academy of the Public Defender held training on International Protection of Refugees with financial participation of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Gudauri on Septem ...
Public Defender's Statement on Secret Recordings
A secret recording of a telephone conversation between Rustavi 2 Director General Nika Gvaramia and politician Paata Burchuladze was released on September 14, 2016. Similar cases are negat ...
Public Defender Attends Meeting of European Network of National Human Rights Institutions
On September 13-14, 2016, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili attended meetings of the Financial Committee and the European Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions in Brussels.
The m ...
Kurban Bayram Congratulations
Celebration of Kurban Bayram holiday started on September 12. The Public Defender of Georgia congratulates Muslim fellow citizens on this great holiday and wishes them peace and happiness.
The essence ...
Performance of National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia was Positively Assessed at Geneva Symposium on Monitoring of Psychiatric Institutions
On September 6-7, 2016, Nika Kvaratskhelia, Head of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office, participated in a symposium organized by the Association for the Preven ...
Proposal Concerning Alleged Ill Treatment of Convict
On September 8, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia with a proposal to launch an investigation into alleged ill treatment of convict G.B. in the penitentiary ...
Expanded Meeting of Consultative Council for Monitoring the Promotion, Protection and Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons wit ...
On September 6, 2016, the Public Defender’s Consultative Council for Monitoring the Promotion, Protection and Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held ...
Amicus Curiae Brief on Alleged Discrimination on Grounds of Age
On September 6, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted amicus curiae brief to the Administrative Cases Panel of Tbilisi City Court concerning alleged discrimination on grounds of age.
The appl ...
Public Defender's Amicus Curiae Brief in the “Cables” Case
The Public Defender considers that in the so-called cables case it is important the Constitutional Court to consider the constitutionality of embezzlement – a norm envisaged by the Criminal Code ...
Public Defender Establishes Direct Discrimination on Grounds of Pregnancy
On August 31, 2016, the Public Defender addressed Ltd. New Vision with a recommendation in which he established a fact of direct discrimination on grounds of pregnancy.
According to an applicant, her ...
Public Defender Responds to Sexist Remarks of Members of Keda Council
The Public Defender of Georgia responds to the information spread by the media on August 26, 2016, according to which, following the meeting in Keda Municipality Council the women were asked to leave ...
