The Public Defender of Georgia positively evaluates the introduction of a mechanism by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia for assessing and monitoring the risks of domestic violence and viole ...

In January 2018, the PDO published its Country Assessment on Human Rights in the Context of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Well-being in Georgia. This Assessment is primarily based on a desk revie ...

On June 22, 2018, the Public Defender of Georgia held a workshop on gender sensitive reporting for journalists, media experts and other stakeholders. Participants of the workshop listened to the exper ...

On June 19, 2018, a working meeting was organized by the Public Defender's Office and the Council of Europe Office in Georgia. Improvement of the mechanism for monitoring the Istanbul Convention for t ...

On June 18, 2018, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a femicide monitoring report. The document provides an analysis of the attempts of gender killing and attempted killing of women committed in ...

On May 11, 2018, representatives of the Department of Gender of the Public Defender's Office, the Center for Child’s Rights and the Telavi Office of the Regional Department held an informational ...

The Consultative Council set up within the framework of the femicide monitoring mechanism held its first meeting at the Public Defender's Office on April 24, 2018. The meeting was attended by Deputy P ...

On April 16, 2018, Nino Lomjaria, Public Defender of Georgia, addressed the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia with regard to the cases of violation of the referral procedure by general educ ...

Public Defender Nino Lomjaria is expressing sorrow at the murder of a woman in Tbilisi on 13 April 2018 and is offering sympathy to the family and relatives of the victim. Despite the fact that the ra ...

On April 4, 2018, Deputy Public Defender Ekaterine Skhiladze, together with representatives of the Telavi Office of the Public Defender and Women's Information Center, held an information meeting with ...

The Public Defender of Georgia is criticizing the comment made by Vakhtang Shakarishvili, a member of Tbilisi City Council. In particular, Shakarishvili addressed the participants of a public discussi ...

On March 5, 2018, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria addressed the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a recommendation relating to ineffective response to the cases of domestic violence.    The ca ...