Experience

Office of Public Defender (Ombudsman) of Georgia

• Georgia
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Main Specialist of Analytical Department

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Responsibilities: - Working on the chapters of the Annual Parliamentary Report of the Public Defender of Georgia, including the following chapters: Prohibition and Investigation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Right to Liberty and Security; Rights to Respect for Private Life (for the purposes of the 2019 Parliamentary Report); Protection and Civic Integration of National Minorities (for the purposes of the 2020 Parliamentary Report); - Working on several analytical documents (for example, on international standards in the field of emergency; document concerning protecting right to liberty and security within pandemic, etc.); - Requesting information from relevant institutions; - Attending workshops; - Preparing Public Defender's speech for parliamentary session - etc. Show less



Open Society Foundation: Georgia

• Tbilisi, Georgia

• Project Assistant

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Project: Alternative Background Check of Judicial Candidates Responsibilities: - Assisting expert to conduct research towards judicial candidates. Project: Alternative Background Check of Judicial Candidates Responsibilities: - Assisting expert to conduct research towards judicial candidates.



Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)

• Georgia
• Public Policy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lawyer/Analyst

  • Dec 2017 - May 2019

  January 2019 - May 2019 - Project Assistant at Project: Good Governance for Georgia (3G) funded by Luminate, Global Philanthropic OrganizationResponsibilities:- Providing legal consultations for interested people through hotline;- Preparing in-depth analytical papers about implementation of fiscal policy at central and localgovernment levels in Georgia in order to promote anti-corruption agenda, access to publicinformation, government transparency and accountability;- Assisting Project Coordinator.December 2017 - May 2019 - Lawyer/AnalystResponsibilities:- Providing legal consultations for interested people;- Preparing analytical articles;- Conducting research concerning several aspects of Georgian legislation and draft law. February 2018 - February 2019 - Legal ResearcherProject: Analyzing Judges’ Professional Education System in Georgia funded by East West ManagementInstitutes (EWMI)/Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia (PROLoG)Responsibilities:- Conducting research about the international standards concerning the judges’ professionaleducation system;- Conducting interviews with judges, former judicial candidate, members of High School of Justiceof Georgia etc.November 2018 - December 2018 - Short-term Legal ExpertProject: Promoting Prosecutorial Independence through Monitoring and Engagement funded byEuropean UnionResponsibilities:- Monitoring cases of violence against women and motivated hate crimes;- Preparation of protocols on monitoring results.December 2017 - March 2018 - LawyerProject: Support the Independence and Transparency of the Constitutional Court funded by Open Society– Georgia FoundationResponsibilities:- Writing analytical articles;- Writing amicus curiae for constitutional claims;- Monitoring trials at Constitutional Court of Georgia;- Working on statistical data analysis and the law bills concerning the work of Constitutional Court of Georgia. Show less

• Legal Intern in Rule of Law Direction

  • Aug 2017 - Nov 2017

  Responsibilities:- Conducting research in the human rights and constitutional law field;- Working on the statistical data analysis;- Writing analytical articles.



UN Association of Georgia

• Tbilisi,Georgia

• Intern Legal Officer

  • Apr 2017 - Jul 2017

  - Assisting lawyers in drafting administrative and constitutional lawsuits; - Preparing research on human rights issues; - Working on country of origin information towards asylum seekers. - Assisting lawyers in drafting administrative and constitutional lawsuits; - Preparing research on human rights issues; - Working on country of origin information towards asylum seekers.