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 Roundtable discussion on the Draft Amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on the Public Defender of Georgia

Roundtable discussion on the Draft Amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on the Public Defender of Georgia

On 28 November, 2016 Council of Europe (CoE) in cooperation with Public Defender’s Office of Georgia (PDO) organized a roundtable discussion on CoE Expert Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on the Public Defender of Georgia. The aim of the meeting was to discuss further the clarifications and to apply practical recommendations for amending the law in line with the relevant international standards that frame the functioning of the National Human Rights Institutions. Face to face exchange between CoE secretariat together with the authors of the Opinion and PDO staff proved to be very successful.

As a result of the discussions, the PDO admitted the necessity of modifying current legislative proposal in order to improve the legal framework of Ombudsman’s operations. 

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Human Rights Training by the Public Defenders Office of Georgia