Public Defender's Statement on By-elections
Parliamentary by-elections will be held in the majoritarian constituencies of Martvili and Sagarejo on 31 October 2015.
Conduction of free elections is the main condition for realization of democracy. ...
Public Defender Responds to Promotion of Judges by the High Council of Justice
The Public Defender negatively evaluates the appointment of judges through accelerated procedures, without competition, by the High Council of Justice.
On 28 September 2015 the High Council of Justice ...
Recommendation on Ensuring Availability of Metro University for Persons with Disabilities
On October 28, 2015, the Public Defender addressed the Municipal Development Fund with a recommendation to ensure that the needs of persons with disabilities and the principles of “universal des ...
Training in National and International Mechanisms of Protection of Human Rights
On 27-28 October 2015 the Public Defender's Office held training for students of Shota Meskhia State University and Teaching University European Academy of Zugdidi. The theme of the training was "Nati ...
Georgia Elected as Member of UN Human Rights Council
The Public Defender responds to the decision made at the United Nations General Assembly’s plenary meeting and describes the election of Georgia as a member of the UN Human Rights Council as imp ...
Memorandum of Cooperation Signed between Public Defender's Office and Supreme Court
Presentation of the Council of Europe’s new project “Improving the operational capacities of the Public Defender's Office of Georgia” was held on 29 October 2015. In parallel, a memo ...
Monitoring of Deportation Process
An innovation - monitoring of joint return operations - was introduced in the work of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2014. It is important that the monitoring has become regular, as a result of ...
Second Quarterly Bulletin of the National Preventive Mechanism
The Public Defender's National Preventive Mechanism has published its second quarterly information bulletin. The main theme of the bulletin is the event held in connection with the International Day i ...
Meeting with Representatives of Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 27 October 2015 Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili met with Germany’s Special Representative to Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Andreas Peschke and German Ambassador Bettina Cadenbach ...
Public Defender Meets with President
On 27 October 2015 Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili met with President Giorgi Margvelashvili. At the meeting in the presidential residence the Public Defender and the President reviewed the investigat ...
Human Rights Academy Holds Training for Teachers
On October 19-23, 2015, training was held for teachers within the framework of the Public Defender’s Academy of Human Rights. The theme of the training was human rights education and the princip ...
Competition “Me Ombudsman 2015” Launched!
The competition “Me Ombudsman" has been launched for the sixth time. The competition is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science and is funded by the EU project Support to the Public D ...
