At the General Assembly of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), First Deputy Public Defender of Georgia Tamar Gvaramadze was elected as a member of the GANHRI and ENNHRI Board for a term of 3 years. Tamar Gvaramadze will start exercising her powers from March 2025 together with representatives of human rights institutions of Denmark, Germany, Northern Ireland, Ukraine and Slovenia.

In addition, the Public Defender’s Office was elected ENNHRI regional representative in the Bureau of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), which is a great achievement for the Office.

ENNHRI and GANHRI's annual activity report, financial reports, new developments and strategic planning process were discussed and priorities for 2025 were agreed upon at the General Assembly held in Brussels on October 28-29, 2024.

The role and functions of human rights institutions in armed conflicts were analyzed, methods of identifying existing challenges were discussed, and information about the activities carried out by the network member organizations was presented at the Conference on the Role and Functions of NHRIs Operating in Situations of Armed Conflicts held on October 29-30.

Mariam Tavdgiridze, Head of the International Relations Division of the Public Defender’s Office also participated in the events in Brussels.