Monitoring of Joint Return Operation
On May 10, 2017, employees of the Department for Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of the joint return operation of migrants. The employees of the Depart ...
MPs Listen to Public Defender’s Annual Report
The Public Defender of Georgia presented a report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in 2016 at the plenary session of the Parliament of Georgia on May 18, 2017. In his speech, Ucha Nanuash ...
Public Defender’s Statement on the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Caucasian Wars
The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Russian-Caucasian Wars is marked today. On May 21, 1864, the Caucasian peoples, including Circassians, Abkhazians and Ubykhs, were defeated in Krasnaya Pol ...
Meeting on Mental Health Issues
On May 17, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia organized a working meeting on mental health issues.
At the opening of the meeting, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili noted that the event aimed at discu ...
Situation of Access to Healthcare Services in Occupied Territories
On May 15, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia held a working meeting with representatives of various ministries and NGOs and discussed issues relating to availability of healthcare services in the o ...
Public Defender’s Statement on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia and its celebration is related to the removal of homosexuality from the list of diseases by the World Health Organization in 1990.
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Public Defender’s visit to Zagreb
On the 11th and 12th of May in Zagreb, Croatia the Public Defender of Georgia Ucha Nanuashvili and the Chief Specialist of International Human Rights Law Lara Jamarauli attended Internati ...
Recommendations of Council of Religions for State Agencies, Higher Educational Institutions and Media Organizations
On May 15, 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia presented recommendations of the Council of Religions of the Public Defender. The presentation was attended by representatives of the state agencies, lo ...
Public Defender’s Statement on Death of Miners
According to the reports released on May 9, 2017, an elevator collapsed and fell down from 400m height in the Tkibuli Mindeli mine of Saknakhshiri GIG Group, resulting in the death of four miners in t ...
Public Defender Echoes Full Closure of Trial in the So-called Cyanide Case
Taking into consideration the increased public interest, the Public Defender of Georgia once again echoes the so-called cyanide case and notes that full closure of the trial does not serve the aim of ...
Public Defender Meets with Population of Kvemo Kartli and Representatives of Local Self-Government
On May 3-4, 2017, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili visited the Dmanisi and Gardabani municipalities of the Kvemo Kartli village, where he met with representatives of the local self-governments and the ...
Training for Members of Special Preventive Group of Public Defender of Georgia
On 1-3 May, 2017, training was held for members of the Special Preventive Group of the Public Defender within the framework of the European Union project "Support to the Public Defender's Office II". ...
