The State is the main human rights guarantor. However, if the national protection scheme is not sufficient to address the problem, there are international institutions that supervise and enforce human rights obligations on the States.
State & the Ombudsman
As the State is the main human rights guarantor, it has to ensure that human rights are respected and protected in the country. Human rights have to be respected and included in the decision making and in actions by all state institutions – courts, law enforcement, governmental and municipal institutions etc. In addition to this requirement, supervision of the protection of human rights within the territory of Georgia shall be exercised by the Public Defender of Georgia. The Constitutional Court of Georgia is a judicial body of the constitutional review, which verifies the conformity of normative acts adopted by the President of Georgia, Parliament and other bodies with the Constitution of Georgia.
In addition, personal data is protected in Georgia by the Personal Data Protection Service, which is an independent state authority.
Read more about the Ombudsman.
Read more about the Constitutional Court.
Read more about the Personal Data Protection Service.
European & International institutions
Often, when a State is responsible for human rights violations, its national protection scheme is not sufficient to address the problem. There are, therefore, several international institutions that supervise and enforce human rights obligations on the States. Such institutions can be international courts (like the European Court of Human Rights) or monitoring types of institutions (like the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment).
Read about which institutions are accessible to you as an individual.
Organisations
Human rights are also monitored and defended by national and international non-governmental organizations. These are most often private non-profit organizations that work for the advocacy of certain rights at different levels, offer legal aid to the victims of human rights violations and/or organize awareness raising campaigns. Many non-governmental organizations worldwide have been instrumental in achieving changes to combat insufficiently protected human rights.
Read about organisations in Georgia that work with human rights.