The Public Defender welcomes the agreement reached at the 35th round of Geneva talks – the restoration of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, which had been suspended for the last 4 ...

On March 23, 2016, the Public Defender talked about the role of national human rights institutions in the conflict and post-conflict situations at the meeting of the Global Alliance for National Human ...

The Public Defender of Georgia was elected as a full member of the Bureau of the Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) at the meeting held in Geneva on March 22, 2016. Georgi ...

On March 21-22, 2016, the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons was held in the Parliament of Georgia. The ...

In November 2015 hotline was activated in the Public Defender's Office for the first time. This is Public Defender's new pilot project, which offers citizens much more flexible and effective mechanism ...

On March 21 the world celebrates the World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD). The main aim of the foundation of the Day by the UN General Assembly is to raise public awareness of Down syndrome. The UN resoluti ...

On March 18, 2016, the Public Defender's Office took part in the event in support of children suffering from leukemia "Donate Blood, Save Life" across the country. Representatives of the Public Defend ...

On March 15-16, 2016, First Public Defender Paata Beltadze visited the Belgian capital of Brussels, where he took part in the Ombudsman’s Summit of the Eastern Partnership countries of the Europ ...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not take into view the Public Defender’s recommendation of December 14, 2015, on granting compensation to the people living alongside the dividing line. T.T. ...

On March 17, 2016, Deputy Public Defender Natia Katsitadze delivered a speech at the 31th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, where recommendations, provided to Georgia by the Working Group ...

On 9-10 March, 2016, Maka Stevenson, Head of the Department of Equality of the Public Defender’s Office took part in a meeting of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman in Malta. Representat ...

The Public Defender of Georgia congratulates the Yazidi compatriots on the New Year and wishes them a peaceful, rich and happy year. For the Yazidis the day is a symbol of renewal, spring, new life an ...