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 ...

This paper reflects the results of the research conducted in 2012 on freedom of information and accessibility for persons with disabilities. The research was implemented within the framework of the co ...

According to paragraph “b” of Article 21 of the Organic Law of Georgia on Public Defender of Georgia, the Public Defender addressed the Government of Georgia with a recommendation to initi ...

Georgia is notable for frequent natural disasters. Correspondingly, the problems of people affected and displaced by natural disasters, i.e. eco-migrants, remain to be of much urgency today.In 2011-20 ...

The present Report covers the fi ndings of the scheduled monitoring of Psychiatric establishments in Georgia carried out by the Special Preventive Group of the Offi ce of the Public Defender of Georgi ...

The present research reflects the monitoring results of the component within the framework of the project for strengthening the capacity of the Center for Disability Rights implemented under United Na ...