The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed on 3 December. The Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992. The Day works to promote public awareness on the r ...

The Public Defender of Georgia held an introductory meeting with United States Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly. The Public Defender briefed the diplomat of the state of human rights in Georgia, review ...

The Public Defender has been following the recent recruitment of judges by the High Council of Justice, as the process has a substantial impact on a state oriented to protection of human rights, rule ...

On November 24-26, 2015, Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili, Deputy Public Defender Natia Katsitadze, Public Defender's Parliamentary Secretary Ekaterine Popkhadze and Head of the Department of Equality ...

On November 26, 2015, the Parliament adopted a bill drafted on the basis of the Public Defender’s legislative proposal in the first reading. According to the bill, marriage registration rules fo ...

On November 24-26, 2015, Meri Kochlamazashvili, representative of the Public Defender’s Office, held informational meetings with non-governmental organizations and internally displaced persons i ...

The Public Defender has launched a survey of the infliction of damage to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Vazisubani district of Tbilisi on his own initiative. According to the reports, ...

On November 23-24, 2015, the Public Defender of Georgia held meetings in the European Council with Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks, Dire ...

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which was first observed in 1999 on the basis of the resolution 54/134 adopted by the United Nations General Assembl ...

On 20 November 2015 Public Defender submitted a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court against the entire procedure of the so-called "street drug testing", starting from “selection” of a pers ...

On 20 November 2015 the Public Defender held a roundtable discussion on the theme: implementation of the Constitutional Court's decision of 15 September 2015 in the case of “Giorgi Ugu ...

The Public Defender's Office represents the national mechanism for monitoring the implementation, promotion and protection of the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in accor ...