The Public Defender negatively assesses the draft amendments to the Law on Public Registry and demands more transparency in the process of registration of state-owned land. According to the LEPL Natio ...

On February 4, 2016, the Public Defender held a working meeting with members of the renewed Special Preventive Group. The meeting focused on the rights and duties defined by the Organic Law on Public ...

On February 5, 2016, the Public Defender held a press conference, where he presented the January information bulletin. In the greeting of the bulletin the Public Defender talked about the changes that ...

The Public Defender responds to the media reports on alleged violence against G.G. and A.C. committed on the grounds of ethnicity by law enforcement agencies in Akhmeta municipality on January 23, 201 ...

On February 3, 2016, the Public Defender addressed the Speaker of Parliament with a proposal to make amendments to the bill on early and pre-school upbringing and education. The amendments were prepar ...

The Public Defender responds to MP Gogi Topadze’s statement, made after listening to the President’s annual report at the parliamentary session on 3 February 2016, which contained stigma a ...

Training was held in the technique of writing for the members of the Special Preventive Group within the framework of a joint programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe "Human rights in ...

The Parliament of Georgia is considering MP Ioseb Jachvliani’s legislative initiative on making amendments to the Administrative Offenses Code of Georgia, which envisages addition of new article ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has addressed the Prime Minister of Georgia to ensure equal realization of the rights of all persons legitimately living in the occupied territories and to allow the per ...

As reported, on February 1, 2016, one person died when working on the construction of a multistory building on Kavtaradze Street, Tbilisi. I offer my condolences to the family of the deceased and to t ...

On January 29, 2016, the Public Defender held another public debate on the topic: "Homelessness - What is the vision of the state?" The debate was moderated by the Tbilisi State University professor, ...

On January 27, 2016, the Tolerance Center of the Public Defender's Office and the International Foundation "Lea" held an event dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. At the opening ...