On November 9, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia held an event on the occasion of the 1-year anniversary of its hotline and distributed flyers containing information about the hotline among the pop ...

On November 3-5, 2016, training was held for the staff of the Public Defender's Office and members of the Special Preventive Group. The theme of the training was: "Monitoring of mental health issues i ...

The Investigation Department of the Ministry of Finance released a statement today, on November 7, 2016, according to which, the Public Defender’s statement about the alleged offense committed b ...

On November 7, 2016, Ucha Nanuashvili, the Public Defender of Georgia, met with Armand Tatoyan, the newly elected Ombudsman of Armenia. At the meeting, the Public Defender of Georgia briefed the Armen ...

Poland’s Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent and respected National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), fully compliant with the  UN Paris Principles.i NHRIs are recognised by the ...

On November 4, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia with a proposal to launch an immediate investigation of the alleged ill-treatment of defendant Sh.K. by fi ...

From October 31 to November 4, 2016, the Human Rights Academy of the Human Rights held training for 44 detective-investigators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from Tbilisi and the regions of Georg ...

On November 4, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a survey on the relevance of minimal wage policy in the context of socio-economic development and international commitments to the members ...

From 31 October through 1 November 2016, the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia, the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the International Labour Organization jointly organized an internation ...

Pursuant to the amendments made to article 60 of the Imprisonment Code, the Public Defender and members of the Special Preventive Group have been authorized to take photos of prisoners’ bodily i ...

On October 26-28, 2016, in Croatia’s capital Zagreb, Niko Tatulashvili, Head of the Public Defender’s Department of International Relations and Communications, and Nino Kvirkvelia, chief s ...

On October 27-29, 2016, the Council of National Minorities of the Public Defender held a working meeting, where it discussed the situation of civil integration and protection of the rights of national ...