


The Second Commission for Selecting the Georgian nominees for European Court of Human Rights Judgeship in 2017 again failed to ensure fair and transpa
The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary responds to the selection process of the Georgian candidate for the European Court of Human Rights. The Coalition believes that the results of this competition were not fair, do not allow real c ...

The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary addresses the renewed High Council of Justice
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 ...

Georgian Civil Organizations Address Federica Mogherini, MEPs and the U.S. State Department
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 ...

The Ruling Party’s Decision about the Election System is Unacceptable
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 ...

ორგანიზაციები საზოგადოებრივ მაუწყებელზე წითელი ზონასა და ინტერVIEW-ს დახურვის ფაქტებს ეხმიანებიან
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 ...

Nongovernmental Organizations Call for Reforming the Repressive Drug Policy and the Police System
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 might do away with public involvement when deciding to increase or introduce new taxes
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 ...