Public Defender of Georgia
Levan Ioseliani

Education

2000 - Tbilisi State University, Law

Professional Experience

2018 - 2020 - NPLE “Civil Movement of Georgia”, Executive Director

2016 - 2017 - Chicago Law Mediation Program, mediator

2008 - 2016 - “Levan Ioseliani Law Firm”, Lawyer

2001 - 2008 - Law Firm “Aslanishvili and Ioseliani”, Founder

2000 - 2001 - JSC “TBC Bank”, senior lawyer

1999 - 2000 - JSC “Bank of Georgia”, lawyer

Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Public Defender: 124 out of 156 people arrested at the rallies claim that they were subjected to violence and inhumane treatment - this is a very worrying indicator, compared to the previous demonstrations, the dynamics of excessive force has increased
Public Defender: Law enforcement officers arrested any citizen they could reach, and abused the detainees in groups and repeatedly - there was a violation of the prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment
Levan Ioseliani: If this process is not stopped somewhere, we will see even more violence at future rallies and in the end, someone may die
Ombudsman: Physical violence is an understatement, I saw a person with bruises all over his face - this is cruelty, there is no justification for treating people in this way
Levan Ioseliani: It is not allowed to use any type of force against a journalist who covers current events, this is a crime - citizens are being detained on live broadcasts, my representatives are in isolation cells
Public Defender: We rely on the OSCE/ODIHR report, any other assessment from my side on how the elections were conducted would be incorrect, since the Public Defender is not an observation organization
Levan Ioseliani: The meeting of the parliament of Georgia of the new convocation was legitimate
Ombudsman: After people were arrested at the rally, our representatives immediately started looking for them, went to the isolation cells, and we have a corresponding protocol record for all cases, response
The Public Defender met with the representatives of the USA Embassy
According to the Ombudsman's assessment, the building of district N52 of Saburtalo district, where disabled people vote, is not adapted for them - even the members of the district commission do not know the rules of communication with blind people
Levan Ioseliani: It is important for us that every person has the opportunity to participate in the elections - this is the main issue of our supervision
Levan Ioseliani: For me, it is important that not a single citizen is left without the right to participate in the elections
Levan Ioseliani: "My message of peace to our Abkhaz brothers and sisters is that our conflict must end in reconciliation"
The Special Investigation Service presented the initiative to establish a pedophilia registry and monitoring mechanism to the Public Defender and representatives of public institutions
The Public Defender held working meetings in Washington
The Public Defender applies to the Minister of Justice on the issue of the order related to the register of organizations carrying out the interests of foreign forces
The public defender met with the striking employees of "Evolution Georgia"
Irakli Kobakhidze met with the Public Defender of Georgia, Levan Ioseliani
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia Meline Arakalian - to be frank, I think it will take a lot of time to rebuild the trust in the Georgian government