Georgia | Public Defender presents report on situation of human rights and freedoms

On 30 March 2019, the Public Defender of Georgia submitted a report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in Georgia to the Parliament. On April 2, the Public Defender presented the annual report to the public. The 448-page report, mainly covers the year of 2018, but also analyses problems that emerged in the earlier period and continued during the reporting period as well.

The report covers different topics such as the right to life, how to effectively combat ill-treatment, the work of the Public Defender as National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), gender equality or the rights of LGBT+ persons.

A more detailed press release on the report is available further down below and also on the Website of the Public Defender.

Source: Office of the Public Defender, Georgia