Nino Lomjaria

[1] She worked with the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association — one of Georgia's leading rights group — from 2003 to 2010.

[4][5] She has also been critical of the Georgian Dream government officials' increasingly hostile attitude towards civil society groups,[6] their failure to protect LGBT rights and the police's inability to prevent hate groups from attacking LGBT persons, their sympathizers, and journalists.

[7] She also called on the government to ensure that the rights of the former jailed president Mikheil Saakashvili, then standing for trial for multiple charges, be respected.

[8] In response, Lomjaria has been subject of criticism and verbal attacks from the Georgian Dream politicians, at times being dismissed as "a political activist".

[9] Lomjaria's work as Public Defender has been praised by civil society organizations, opposition politicians, foreign diplomats, and leading members of the European Parliament.