Public Defender to Deliver Human Rights Report to MPs

Public Defender, Sozar Subari, is expected to deliver to the Parliament his report on human rights record in the first half of 2008 on December 30.

In previous years Subari’s reports were usually criticized by the ruling party lawmakers accusing the Public Defender of acting like “an opposition politician.” As a result the parliament was only passing a resolution saying that it was “taking note” of the report.

The parliamentary minority, however, said it had prepared an alternative draft resolution, which would be presented to the Parliament in response to the Public Defender’s report. MP Giorgi Akhvlediani of the Christian-Democratic Party said that the draft resolution calls on the General Prosecutor’s Office to probe into the cases of human rights violations described in the Public Defender’s report. The draft also asks the General Prosecutor’s Office to report back to the Parliament about its findings.