On March 18, 2024, Levan Ioseliani, Public Defender of Georgia, and Tamar Gvaramadze, First Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, met with Nino Kadagidze, Chairwoman of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and Giorgi Mikoutadze, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court.

The importance of realization of the right to a fair trial, the position and involvement of the Public Defender in the establishment of a fair court, as well as the consideration of the opinions of the friend of the court (amicus curiae) submitted by the Public Defender and the procedures for the hearing of cases of prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, were discussed at the meeting.

The parties agreed to deepen cooperation in the future.

El Defensor del Pueblo inició este sábado, 16 de marzo, una actuación de oficio tras conocer el fallecimiento de un joven marroquí que permanecía en un recurso de acogida estatal en San Fernando de Henares (Madrid).

La institución se dirigió a la Fiscalía General del Estado y a la Secretaría de Estado de Migraciones para solicitar información sobre lo ocurrido y las circunstancias que rodearon al fallecimiento de esta persona, e interesarse por si se procuró informar a su familia.

El joven fallecido, al parecer, no tenía patologías previas.

La falta de citas para solicitar asilo, cuestión sobre la que se reciben numerosas quejas en la institución, motivó, al parecer, una huelga de hambre de un grupo de personas migrantes entre los que se encontraba este joven fallecido.

An individual applied to the municipality for an increase in personal assistance in accordance with the Act (1993:387) on support and services for disabled people. A decision in the case was issued only after around nine months.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman states in the decision that the processing time in the case was too long and that the current Municipal Executive Board deserves to be criticised for its slow processing. The Parliamentary Ombudsman further states that during the processing of the case the Municipal Executive Board failed to apply both sections 11 and 12 of the Administrative Procedure Act (2017:900). This is because it did not carry out a detailed assessment of whether the decision in the case would be significantly delayed or whether there were grounds for informing the individual of the possibility of bringing an action for delay. The Municipal Executive Board was also criticised for this.

The Ombudsman has published her Annual report for 2023.

On March 14, 2024, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia Irine Chikhladze took part in a meeting of the steering committee of the ongoing Council of Europe project - "EnhancingEqualityand Non-Discrimination in Georgia" as the co-chair of the committee.

At the meeting, the Council of Europe presented the annual action plan of the project, the aim of which is to strengthen and ensure the effective protection of the rights of victims of discrimination against crimes committed with the motive of discrimination and intolerance.

The Deputy Public Defender, together with other members of the committee - Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Supreme Court, Special Investigation Service, Mandatory Service, Office of Resource Officers and Coalition for Equality - discussed the activities of the action plan and opportunities for further development of cooperation.

The Public Defender’s Office Georgia continues active cooperation with the Council of Europe for the better protection of human rights in the country and implementation of the anti-discrimination mandate as effectively as possible.