The Public Defender Levan Ioseliani held a working meeting relating to the rights situation of conflict-affected population.

Representatives of the Office of the State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, State Security Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Parliament, international and non-governmental organizations took part in the meeting.

In his welcoming speech, the Public Defender talked about the challenges relating to the protection of human rights of the people living in the conflict regions and along the occupation line.

“I intensively go to the regions adjacent to the conflict regions, meet the residents of the villages near the administrative boundary line; I constantly get information about the situation of people living in the occupied territories and I consider that the conflict-affected population needs basic help and support. That is why this type of working meetings and active involvement of all branches of government are of great importance”, - said Levan Ioseliani.

The topics discussed at the meeting included the rights situation of the conflict-affected population, main challenges and solutions, as well as the main tasks of the peace policy and the role of the Georgian Government, international community, non-governmental organizations and the media in this process.