The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is reacting to important deficiencies of the judicial disciplinary proceedings, which have a negative effect on judicial independence and undermine public trust in the court system. Despite f ...
We, the undersigned organizations, are responding to the ruling made by the Supreme Court on February 10, 2020 in the case against Gigi Ugulava. The opposition leader was sentenced to three years, two months and eight days in prison. We consider that ...
ISFED expresses concern over unfounded detention of its representative in the Marneuli Municipality on February 8 and the use of law enforcement as a weapon against a civic activist. On February 8, Razhan Ziadaliev protested against the patrol polic ...
An open letter of Georgian civil society organizations to: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon ...
The backsliding of democracy in Georgia over the recent period has come under the spotlight by international organizations and representatives of countries friendly to Georgia. Backing out on the promise to adopt a proportional system, the formation ...
After electing the previous Independent Inspector as a Supreme Court justice, the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) announced a competition for selecting the new Independent Inspector.[1] The period of December 17 through December 26 was set for submitt ...
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy strongly criticizes the bill of amendments to the Election Code of Georgia, initiated in the Parliament of Georgia by the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the parliamentary legal affairs ...
On December 12, the Parliament of Georgia confirmed Shalva Tadumadze, at the time Prosecutor General, for the position of a Supreme Court judge. In cases where the Prosecutor General’s authority is terminated prior to the completion of his ter ...