This statement is issued in response to the process of the 2021 Municipal Elections. Despite the fact that the existing legislation and the recent election reform have created conditions for carrying out elections of high democratic quality, it is u ...
The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary believes that in the current situation, the election of a judge member/s of the High Council of Justice by the Judicial Conference is unjustified. The XXX Conference of Judges is scheduled f ...
Assessment of handling of complaints filed by ISFED at district election commissions during the 2021 Municipal election During the October 2 Municipal elections, ISFED filed 346 complaints at district election commissions (DECs) on violations ...
We, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) and European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) are concerned about the decision of the Central Election Commission of Georgia to register Galina Mkrtchyan and Olesya Urbano ...
The signatory organizations express concern over the statement of the Prime Minister of Georgia that the government is "refraining" from receiving 75 million Euros of EU assistance. This is an unequivocal refusal to implement reforms in the judiciar ...
In response to the statement issued by the Central Election Commission (CEC) on August 22 regarding the assessment over the staffing of the election administration, ISFED declares that the CEC statement contains inaccuracies and groundless accusation ...
According to the April 19 Agreement, mediated by the European Union, the signatory parties agreed to take the responsibility of carrying out an “ambitious electoral reform”[1]. Among other issues, the reform envisaged the selection proces ...
According to the June 2021 amendments to the Election Code of Georgia, within 10 days from the day of calling the elections, an advisory group of the Central Election Commission (CEC) with at least 9 and not more than 15 members should be formed to ...