Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria

Place of birth

Ozurgeti

Education

2006 - graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University with a Master's degree in Law;

2011- graduated from University of Washington, DC, St. Louis, USA, with a Master's Degree Program

Professional Experience

2003-2004 - Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), assistant at the Legal Aid Center;

2005-2007 - Georgian Young Lawyers Association, lawyer;

2008-2010 - Georgian Young Lawyers Association, coordinator of election projects;

2011 - Washington, DC, assistant of professor of law;

2014-2015 - Visiting Professor at Ilia State University;

2011-2015 - International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), executive director;

2015-2016 - Network of European Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO), secretary-general;

2016 - International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), legal and election consultant;

2016-2017 - State Audit Office, first deputy Auditor General;

Since 2017 - University of Georgia, visiting lecturer;

Since 2017- Public Defender of Georgia

Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili
Former President of Georgia
Giorgi Margvelashvili
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Nino Lomjaria: Kobakhidze admitted that the substance under that code was mixed into the water, the same code BBC spoke about; BBC’s expert said that under that code ‘Camite’ is the mildest - a horror has happened! This was a chemical spray, not water!
Nino Lomjaria: Even if parties are banned, there must still be a plan - The political process cannot be dead and the public must not feel that politicians are not preparing, even for snap elections called unexpectedly
Shalva Papuashvili: The constitutional lawsuit will be ready tomorrow - I advise Lelo to consult Nino Lomjaria if they are interested in the constitutionality of party bans - archives are a good thing, look at the lawsuit prepared by Lomjaria
Vasil Ivanov-Chikovan: 'Georgian Dream' has tailored the law to its own desires and objectives; if administrative and criminal detention fail to suppress it, the protest will continue and may take on new forms
Lawyers - In the case of Zviad Devdariani, the judge did not share the recommendation issued by the former Public Defender, Nino Lomjaria
Lawyers – In the Zviad Devdariani case, the court ordered some defendants to retract the false information they had spread
Non-governmental organizations: We express outrage over the act of torture that occurred inside a police station, which resulted in the death of Alan Kakhi­tashvili – today, in 2025, people are still being killed inside police stations
Tea Tsulukiani to Levan Ioseliani: People who are not in politics and are members of a politician's family have been banned from traveling, isn't that your business? - You should protect everyone, don't be ashamed of our existence
David McAllister to Georgian civil society: You are not alone, we are with you - thank you for everything you have done for Georgia and continue to do so!
Nino Lomjaria: NGOs join the idea of ​​the May 9 Unity and Freedom Day and call on everyone: to stand together, on Europe Square – on May 9, at 19:00, and together make our choice
Nino Lomjaria on amendments to Law on Grants: The illegitimate government is adopting an act of persecution of the Georgian people
Nino Lomjaria: More than 50 people have been arrested since November, and 19 people were also arrested during the protests against the “Russian law” last year - procedural actions carried out in these cases are illegal
Nino Lomjaria: If this is really FARA, it should not apply to NGOs and the media, and if they apply, then it will be the “Russian Law 3” - no one is going to say that they are agents of a foreign country for fear of criminal liability
NGOs: The case against Zviad Tsetskhladze, Irakli Miminoshvili, Vasil Kadzelashvili, Vepkhia Kasradze, Giorgi Gorgadze, Nikoloz Javakhishvili, Tornike Goshadze and Insaf Aliyev is “artificially made up and politically motivated
Nino Lomjaria: Tomorrow, we will march from Europe Square to Freedom Square to reject Russian authoritarianism, support political prisoners of the regime, and show the world our unity
Nino Lomjaria: We conveyed to Salome Zurabishvili our wishes, what we want to voice to Western partners  - we must constantly tell them that Russian and autocratic influences are being strengthened in Georgia
Nino Lomjaria names the police officers, prosecutors, and judges who are "responsible for fabricating false and baseless charges against civil activists"
Nino Lomjaria: Demonstrators are being massively and unjustifiably fined with disproportionately high fines, on the grounds of "illegally blocking the roadway" - this is not confirmed in the evidence presented by the police
Ambassador of Korea Hyon Du KIM - Korea’s strength lies in high-tech manufacturing while Georgia’s strength is in logistics and service areas - Georgia should not be just considered as a single market but as a market that can encompass the region and beyond
Oleksii Reznikov - Russia, in reality, is a paper tiger