The project “Improving the operational capacities of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia” aims to strengthen the capacities of the Public Defender's Office in particular in the field of the fight against intolerance, protection of vulnerable persons, protection of social rights and fight against ill-treatment both in Tbilisi and in the regions as well as to facilitate the implementation of national measures to prevent or redress violations of human rights. The project is funded by the Council of Europe Human Rights Trust Fund (HRTF).

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
  • To review the draft amendments to the Law on the PDO, in line with international standards which frame and guide the work of National Human Rights Institutions (the so called “Paris Principles” as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993);
  • To strengthen the PDO in the submission of amicus curiae to the Constitutional Court and common courts;
  • To contribute to strengthen PDO regional offices’ capacities to deal with individual cases;
  • To strengthen PDO’s analytical skills in dealing with fight against intolerance, protection of vulnerable persons, protection of social rights and fight against ill-treatment
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Back First HELP Training-of-Trainers (ToT) in Georgia

First HELP Training-of-Trainers (ToT) in Georgia

The first HELP Training-of-trainers (ToT) took place in Tbilisi on 25-26 January 2017, aiming at setting up a pool of HELP certified national trainers in Georgia. It was hosted by the High School of justice and organised in cooperation with the Georgian Bar Association and the Public Defender Office. The event was funded thanks to the contribution of the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Trust Fund on ‘Improving the operational capacities of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia’. The Prosecutor’s office was also involved and it was an added value to have prosecutors attending the training as well.

Participants to the ToT came from a range of different legal backgrounds, such as judges, prosecutors, lawyers and PDO representatives. They acquired knowledge and skills on how to use adult learning techniques,  adapt HELP courses to the Georgian legal order, how to use the HELP e-learning platform and make their courses interactive.

It will now be crucial to make more HELP courses available in Georgian given the high interest of legal professionals in their content.   

Tbilisi, Georgia 25-26 Janaury, 2017
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Human Rights Training by the Public Defenders Office of Georgia