On November 3, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted an interim report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. The report concerns the situation of ...

On November 10, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Tabula TV Company with a general proposal regarding a sexist promo video of the program Restaurant. The Public Defender considers tha ...

The Public Defender has started to study the cases of alleged female genital mutilation in the Kvareli municipality, Kakheti region, on his own initiative. On October 24-25 and November 9, 2016, the P ...

On November 7-9, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia hosted Armenian colleagues to share experiences concerning the issues of violence against women and domestic violence and to discuss future cooper ...

11 October is the International Day of Girl Child. Celebration of this day is aimed at recognizing and protecting girls' rights, promoting their education and strengthening their capacity, as well as ...

On 13 and 30 September, 2016, the Department of Gender Equality of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of Tbilisi’s service facilities (shelters) of victims of trafficking and do ...

In accordance with the Public Defender's proposal of August 23, 2016, the Chief Prosecutor's Office informed us that on September 1, 2016, an investigation was launched into the case of domestic viole ...

On August 12, 2016, the Department of Gender Equality of the Public Defender's Office monitored the Kutaisi shelter – service center for victims of domestic violence, which is administered by th ...

We have witnessed appalling crimes in recent days. Gender-based violence against women has reached unprecedented brutality. These femicide cases are a tragedy not only for the families but for the who ...

On July 8, 2016, Georgia’s Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the NGO WeCare initiated campaign MenCare. Presentation of the campaign was attended by Public Defender Ucha N ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences presented a report on Georgia at the 32th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 17, 2016. ...

On May 17, 2016, in the early morning hours, 10 LGBT activists were arrested. 3 of them were detained in the subway station Freedom Square and 7 others – in front of the building of the Patriarc ...