---
title: "Image Rights Protection"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/civil-law-en/image-rights-protection-en"
field: "Civil Law"
description: "Image rights protection: consent rule, exceptions, denial and compensation in Georgia. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-15"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Image Rights Protection

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/civil-law-en/image-rights-protection-en

## Image Rights: Where Protection Begins

A person's image — a photograph, film, video and the like — belongs to the sphere of personal non-pecuniary rights. The law sets the rule directly: a person has the right of claim also where their image is published without their consent. This means that publishing your photograph or video without your permission is a violation of law, and you may demand the cessation of that act and its rejection — even where the published material is factually accurate and did not offend you.

This right stands within the general framework of personality rights: a person has the right, through the court and in the manner established by law, to protect their honor, dignity, privacy of personal life, personal inviolability or business reputation from violation. The unauthorized use of an image is one manifestation of this protection — and it is exercised irrespective of the infringer's fault, that is, compensation of damage requires fault, but the demand to stop the use does not.

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### Can my photograph be published without my consent?

No — a person has a claim where their image is published without consent, apart from the exceptions contemplated by law.

### When does publication not require consent?

Where the recording is connected with public recognition, a held position, the demands of justice or the police, scientific, educational or cultural purposes, took place in a public setting, or the person received remuneration for posing.

### What can I claim in case of unlawful use?

Cessation of the act or its rejection — without fault; in case of culpability, also compensation of damage and moral harm, including in the form of the profit derived from the use.

### How are injurious statements denied?

Where statements were disseminated through mass-information media, the denial must likewise occur through the same media; the injured person also has the right to publish responsive statements.

### Within what period can I bring a claim?

The limitation period for claiming compensation of damage is three years from the moment you learned of the damage and the obliged person.