October 30, 2025
Human Rights House Tbilisi
Human Rights House Tbilisi was established in Georgia in 2010. Today the House unites five organisations under its roof. In May 2025, Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) was forced to suspend all activities as a result of the ongoing crackdown on civil society in Georgia and Georgian authorities’ decision to freeze all of HRHT’s bank accounts.
About
On 17 March 2025, the Georgian authorities froze HRHT’s bank accounts in connection with an investigation launched by the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia into several alleged criminal offences. In response, HRHT issued a statement calling for the Georgian authorities to halt the investigation, annul the court ruling, and lift the illegal freeze on HRHT’s accounts. HRHT appealed against the court ruling, but the appeal was not approved.
Read more about the suspension of HRHT’s activities here.
HRHT was established in Georgia in 2010. Prior to the suspension of its activities, it united five independent Georgian civil society organisations under its roof. In the fifteen years since its establishment, HRHT has played a crucial role in Georgia as a champion of human rights in Georgia, working to increase awareness on human rights, support freedom of expression & assembly, empower human rights activists and protect the right to be a human rights defender. HRHT has also acted as a hub for civil society from all over the country, and as a place where citizens could come and receive free advice on human rights.
In addition, HRHT became one of the most important regional actors providing support to human rights defenders and their organisations at risk from countries including Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. HRHT also played a key role in the Network of Human Rights Houses’ Protection Programme, which provides psycho-social, legal, and other essential services to human rights defenders.
Contact information
11a Akaki Gakhokidze
0160 Tbilisi, Georgia
Organisations
Georgian Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT)
The Georgian Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (GCRT) was established in 2000.
GCRT’s primary aim is to provide qualified, multidisciplinary services to torture survivors and their family members, to raise public awareness about the issues of torture, to contribute to the prevention of torture, (monitoring human rights violations in prisons) to conduct educational activities concerning torture and inhuman treatment, raise competence of service personnel on how to provide assistance to victims of torture. Also to train law enforcement personnel dealing with prisoners as well as probation officers.
Contact information
www.gcrt.ge
gcrt@gol.ge
+995 32 222 06 89
Human Rights Centre (HRC)
The Human Rights Centre (formerly the Human Rights Information and Documentation Centre) is a Georgia-based NGO dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights. The organisation was founded on December 10th 1996. Purpose of the HRC is to protect and promote human rights and basic freedoms in Georgia.
Contact information
www.hrc.ge
hrc@hrc.ge
+995 32 237 69 50 / + 995 32 238 46 48
Media Institute
Media Institute was established in 2011. The goals of the organisation are: to protect and promote universally guaranteed freedom of speech and free expression, to promote development of independent and impartial media and media capacity building in Georgia.
Contact information
mediisinstituti@gmail.com
+995 790 200 001
Rights Georgia
Rights Georgia is human rights NGO established in 1997. Organisation’s primary aim is to provide free legal consultations and legal aid to different vulnerable groups, including prisoners, women, IDPs, conflict-affected population, victims of discrimination, etc. One of the organisation’s directions is strategic litigation on the national and international level, before the Constitutional Court of Georgia and International Mechanisms of HR protection.
Rights Georgia is a member of the National Coalition for the ICC and represents interests of hundreds of victims of 2008 Russian-Georgian war. Organisation also works on human rights education and awareness-raising with different target groups.
Contact information
www.rights.ge
office@rights.ge
+995 032 299 88 56
Sapari
Union Sapari – Family without Violence was established in 2000 by the group of Georgian women who were determined to fight against discrimination based on gender and to promote equal treatment of women in all aspects of societal life. The organisation is implementing projects related to the empowerment of women through capacity building of women organisations.
In addition, it is actively advocating for the eradication of the domestic violence and provides various kinds of assistance to the victims. Many of the projects are implemented together with other members of the core group. It is sharing the office with the GCRT for several years and two organisations are successfully unifying their resources for the achievement of the common goals.
Contact information
info@sapari.ge
+995 599 407 603
