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Electoral System Reform: A challenge for the 2016 Parliamentary Elections 

On June 8, the Prime Minister of Georgia signed the decree of the President of Georgia announcing the date of the next parliamentary elections. Upon the promulgation of this decree, the pre-election campaign was officially launched, and the c ...

Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary considers it important to reassess the judicial selection competition and react to the judicial selection meeting that will take place at High Council of Justice today. It is well known that Coa ...

Today, legal representatives of Rustavi 2 have appealed the decree of Tbilisi Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Georgia. As a result of the hearing in the court of second instance, the decision of the Tbilisi City Court stating the owner ...

 Considering the issues discussed in this report and final results of the Commission8, it is safe to conclude that the Commission was able to successfully deal with its large-scale, complex and unprecedented task. Therefore, we believe that t ...

The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary assesses the judicial selection competition announced by High Council of Justice to fill 65 vacant positions.  By now the interviews of all candidates have been completed. The Cou ...

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) has filed applications with the State Audit Office (SAO) and the Central Elections Commission (CEC), demanding that SAO launch a probe into a possible vote buying by the Georgian Dream ...

The Parliament of Georgia is fast-tracking government-initiated draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code. The objective of the amendments is to address the deficiencies detected in practice and to bring the legislation in line with inte ...