The Public Defender condemns the violence committed against citizens, including members of the United National Movement, at the polling station N53 in the village of Kortskheli, Zugdidi municipality, ...

On May 19, the Public Defender of Georgia was informed of the murder of a young man, G.O., at the dividing line of Abkhazia. According to reports, G.O. was trying to convey products at the Khurcha-Nab ...

The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Russian-Caucasian War Victims is celebrated on May 21, when the Russian-Caucasian was finally completed in 1864. Caucasians were defeated in the war, including ...

On May 20, 2016, the Parliamentary Committee of Human Rights and Civil Integration discussed the Public Defender’s report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in 2015. At the meeting, D ...

On May 20, 2016, the Public Defender introduced the second information bulletin on the rights of conflict-affected population to the participants of the Ossetian forum. The document contains informati ...

On May 13, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entity "Khulo Union of Kindergartens" with a recommendation to eliminate discrimination on prop ...

The Public Defender has sent a letter of invitation to Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The aim of the invitation is to study and assess ...

On May 19, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a report to the governmental agencies, international organizations and non-governmental institutions about the human rights situation at the f ...

On May 17, 2016, in the early morning hours, 10 LGBT activists were arrested. 3 of them were detained in the subway station Freedom Square and 7 others – in front of the building of the Patriarc ...

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, celebration of which is related to the removal of homosexuality from the list of diseases by the World Health Organization on May 17 ...

On May 14, 2016, the Parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Organic Law on Constitutional Court and to the Law of Georgia on Constitutional Proceedings in the third reading. The draft amendme ...

On 16 May, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a short version of the parliamentary report to representatives of the diplomatic corps, the government, international and non-governmental org ...