On 7 December 2018, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria held a summarizing press conference and discussed the human rights situation in Georgia in 2018, introduced the statistics of the cases studied by the Public Defender's Office and outlined main findings.

The Public Defender started summarizing the year with problems related to the realization of the right to life, emphasizing the cases of Khorava Street and Temirlan Machalikashvili. She noted that these cases showed significant systemic problems in the field of investigation that need to be quickly and effectively responded.

According to the data of 10 months of 2018, the Public Defender studied 700 cases of violation of child’s rights, the majoirty of which concerned child abuse, poverty and poor social conditions. According to Nino Lomjaria, the most vulnerable group is children living and working on the street.

The Public Defender described the physical environment in some mental health institutions as inhuman and degrading treatment.

In her speech, the Public Defender noted that despite significant progress, problems remain in the protection of prisoners' rights. She also talked about the rights of conflict-affected persons, their insecurity, social hardship and illegal detentions.

The Public Defender estimated the presidential election campaign and the right to assembly and demonstration, including the restrictions on the demonstrators’ right to set up tents. She also talked about the situation of safety at work in the country, the necessity of improving the legislation and legislative regulations, the persons injured or killed when performing their labour duties, national and religious minorities.

The protection of the right to equality faces many challenges. No legislative amendments have been made to make the mandate of the Public Defender more effective for combating discrimination. Women, persons with disabilities and members of the LGBT+ community remain the most vulnerable groups like previous years.

The Public Defender emphasized the importance of health care and the right to live in a healthy environment, realization of homeless persons’ right to proper housing, protection of refugees' rights and freedoms, and importance of human rights protection in the field of defense.

At the end of the press conference, Nino Lomjaria noted that the Public Defender's Office had been working in a rented building for 5 months since its main building was damaged. The Public Defender expressed hope that her efforts and intensive communication with state agencies would turn effective and a permanent building would be provided for the Public Defender's Office as soon as possible.