The Public Defender held official meetings in Strasbourg
On June 26-29, the Public Defender of Georgia Levan Ioseliani was in Strasbourg as part of an official visit, where he held meetings with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peičinović Burić, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Michael O'Flaherty, the Vice President of the Venice Commission Veronika Bilkova, the Council of Europe Local and Regional Authorities With the Secretary General of the Congress, Matthew Morris, as well as with the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Siofra O'Leary, and the elected judge of Georgia, Lado Chanturia.
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According to their reports, the Public Defender reviewed the state of human rights protection in Georgia in Strasbourg and introduced the results and challenges achieved in different directions. He spoke about the problems of the population in the conflict regions and near the occupation line, including the still unpunished violations of the right to life, social issues, the need to strengthen self-governments, the situation of minorities, the working environment of the media and human rights defenders, freedom of assembly and expression, the progress of the pre-election campaign, and issues of raising public awareness. .
"Among the topics discussed were the opinions of the friend of the court prepared by the public defender and the alternative reports sent to the Council of Europe, the possibilities of introducing a fair trial, legislative changes and the activities carried out based on the mandate of the office of the public defender.
At the meetings, the heads of international organizations emphasized the importance of the work done by the Office of the Public Defender over the years in the direction of establishing values based on human rights in Georgia and expressed their willingness to deepen cooperation.
The Public Defender of Georgia also met the Ombudsman of Ukraine Dmytro Lubinets, who is on a working visit to Strasbourg, and got acquainted with the situation of Ukrainian citizens affected by the war and the ongoing processes for their rehabilitation.
