First Deputy Public Defender Participates in GANHRI Tripartite Partnership Annual Meeting

Date of article: 30/06/2025

Daily News of: 01/07/2025

Country:  Georgia

Author: Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia

Article language: en

On June 17-19, 2025, the First Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, Tamar Gvaramadze, paid an official visit to New York (USA), where she participated in the Annual Meeting of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) and the TriPartite Partnership to Support National Human Rights Institutions.

The event was organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in cooperation with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI).

During both meetings, the First Deputy Public Defender participated, on the one hand, as a member of the Board of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions and a temporary substitute for the Chairperson, as well as a representative of the National Human Rights Institution, a beneficiary of the Trilateral Cooperation Programme.

During the meetings, Tamar Gvaramadze presented several reports, namely; as the substitute for the Chairperson of the ENNHRI Board, she spoke about the human rights situation across Europe, challenges, and the activities of ENNHRI member institutions, and as a representative of the Public Defender of Georgia, she introduced the attendees to the activities of the Public Defender's Office, the special report prepared by the Public Defender on the supervision of the realization of the right to live in a healthy environment and access to water, and the future plans of the Office in this direction. In one of her reports, Tamar Gvaramadze also spoke about the impact of digital technologies on human rights and highlighted the special report and activities prepared by the Public Defender's Office in this regard.

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