The High Council of Justice will hold its first meeting with its renewed composition on July 3. On June 21, the term of 8 members of the HCOJ expired. To hold the vacant positions the parliament of Georgia selected 4 non-judge members, from a ...
We are sending this message on behalf of 32 civil society originations to alert you on some very damaging actions by the ruling political party in Georgia, which does adversely affect the quality of democracy in the country and is a dangerous ...
On June 19, the ruling party unveiled its decision to keep the mixed election system for the 2020 parliamentary elections and to replace it with a fully proportional election system for the 2024 elections. In addition, according to representat ...
ხელმომწერი საზოგადოებრივი ორგანიზაციები ვეხმიანებით საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებლის მიერ 13 ივნისს გავრცელებულ განცხადებას, რომელიც მიმდინარე წლის ივლისის თვიდან და საზოგადოებრივ მაუწყებელზე სატელევიზიო პროექტების - „წითელი ზონა“ და„ინტერVIEW“ დახუ ...
The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary and the National Platform for Drug Policy react to the Kutaisi City Court decision on the case of induced suicide committed by Demur Sturia and the criminal case of the band Birzha Mafia pend ...
The Georgian Parliament is currently holding committee hearings of an updated version of the country’s Constitution. One of the suggestions proposed during these hearings by members of the parliamentary majority was to remove Article 67 (Article 94 ...
On June 16, 2017, the Venice Commission will approve its final opinion about the draft of amendments to the Constitution of Georgia. The Chair of the Parliament of Georgia has reiterated on numerous occasions that the government is ready to conside ...
The Coalition to Independent and Transparent Judiciary responds to the draft legislation that would create an investigative department for cases of ill-treatment at the Prosecutor’s Office rather than an independent investigative mechanism. Th ...