The present document is a report on the visit undertaken by the National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia on 27-28 November 2014 to the Prison N8. During the preparation of this report, along with othe ...

The present document is a report on the visit undertaken by the National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia on 19-20 October 2014 to the Prison N14. During the preparation of this report, along with othe ...

As a result of the monitoring conducted by the National Preventive Mechanism it was determined that there are certain problems in the establishment N2 that negatively affect legal rights of prisoners ...

The present document is a report on the visit undertaken by the National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia on 23-24 October 2014 to the Prison N3. During the preparation of this report, along with other ...

As in the previous year, the Parliament accepted the major part of the Public Defender’s recommendations and assigned undertaking of specific measures to the state bodies. According to the Resol ...

On 28 – 29 August 2012, the representatives of the Georgian law enforcement agencies conducted an operation near the village of Lapankuri located in Lopota Gorge, which, according to official in ...

On October 20, 2014, the Public Defender presented a special report “About the Discrimination against Women in the Workplace”. The report was prepared by the Public Defender’s Office ...

Special report reflects the situation on women's rights and gender equality issues in the country. On the pathway of democratic development of Georgia, achievement of gender equality still remains a p ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has published a special issues brief about the detentions along the dividing line of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and conditions of prisoners. The issue brief outlines sta ...

Deficient investigation of cases of torture, inhumane and degrading treatment of detainees has been one of the major gaps of the legal system in Georgia over the years. This issue has been constantly ...

The Public Defender’s Office, for the period from January 2013 to October, examined 60 decisions of the East Local Council for early condition release of the Ministry of Corrections and Legal As ...

Unlike the resolution of previous years, when the Parliament usually only acknowledged the receipt of the Public Defender’s reports, this year the legislative body shared the recommendations pro ...