The timeframe for the legal basis for the restrictions imposed due to the fight with pandemics is expiring on 15 July, although it has been still unknown for public, what legal situation will appear afterwards. Up to date, there have been no draft-la ...
On October 31, 2020, regularly scheduled parliamentary elections will be held in Georgia. On June 1, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) launched nationwide monitoring of the pre-election period with approximately 70 lo ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) has a new executive director. Following the expiration of Mikheil Benidze’s term in office, the organization’s nine-member board elected Elene Nizharadze as the new execut ...
To: Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO, Facebook Nick Clegg, Vice-President - Global Affairs and Communications, Facebook June 29, 2020 We the Georgian civil society representatives, civic activists and media representa ...
Since April 2020, some local self-government bodies have engaged in campaigning in favor of the ruling party, using their official Facebook pages. In addition, individual municipalities are also involved in campaigning in favor of majoritarian member ...
The existence of an independent and credible judiciary is important not only for rule of law and protection of human rights, but also for a country’s economic development. During almost 30 years since the declaration of Georgia’s independ ...
In the second half of 2020, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will elect nine new members at the eighteen session (Conference of States Parties to the Convention). The States Parties shall select and ...
On June 21, the Parliament of Georgia passed the constitutional amendments in the first reading, with 136 MPs voting in favor and 5 against. We welcome this decision of the Parliament of Georgia, which was made possible with support of the ruling par ...