Rights Georgia prepared the comparative assessment of the 2024 and 2025 Parliamentary Reports of the Public Defender of Georgia

18 May, 2026

Rights Georgia prepared the comparative assessment of the 2024 and 2025 Parliamentary Reports of the Public Defender of Georgia, examining both the substantive findings of the reports and the institutional performance of the Office during a period marked by a significant deterioration of the human rights environment in Georgia.

The reports document serious and widespread concerns relating to police violence, ineffective investigations, shrinking civic space, restrictions on freedom of assembly and expression, pressure on independent media and civil society organizations, and the weakening of institutional safeguards and accountability mechanisms. At the same time, the comparative analysis reveals a notable discrepancy between the analytical quality and legal reasoning reflected in the reports prepared by the Office and the public positioning and institutional practice of the Public Defender during 2024–2025.

While the 2024 report primarily documented acute episodes of protest-related violence, arbitrary restrictions, and election-related concerns, the 2025 report reflects a further stage in the institutional and legislative consolidation of restrictive practices. In particular, the later report demonstrates how exceptional measures and problematic enforcement practices increasingly evolved into formalized legislative and administrative mechanisms affecting freedom of assembly, media freedom, civil society activity, and institutional accountability.

Taken together, the reports illustrate not only the continuity of serious human rights violations, but also the gradual normalization of restrictive governance practices and the persistent absence of effective accountability mechanisms during the human rights crisis in Georgia.