Judiciary in a Vicious Circle
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Release of Lasha Tordia’s video may involve an illegal action by the Interior Ministry
It was reported on September 7, 2017, that the Personal Data Protection Inspector established administrative liability of P.A.M. Club in connection to the case of Lasha Tordia, former General Auditor. Following investigation, the Inspector found tha ...
ISFED 1st Pre-Election Interim Report - 2017 Local Elections in Georgia
On September 8, ISFED issued the first interim report of monitoring the pre-election environment of the 2017 Local Self-Government Elections. The report covers the period between July 24 and September 4, 2017 together with the developments that to ...
Statement of the Task Force for Women’s Political Participation
We issue this statement in reaction to the Georgian Dream’s list of mayoral candidates. There are 61 candidates in total on the list, only two of which are women. Women representation in local self-government is extremely low (no more than ...
Budgetary Changes in Municipalities and Cases of Physical Confrontation in ISFED’s First Interim Report
On September 8, ISFED issued the first interim report of monitoring the pre-election environment of the 2017 Local Self-Government Elections. The report covers the period between July 24 and September 4, 2017 together with the developments tha ...
NGOs are urging the authorities to wait for the opinion of the Venice Commission
On September 1, Venice Commission President Gianni Buquicchio expressed his disappointment with the decision to postpone introduction of the fully proportional electoral system for 2024. He also criticized the fact that political parties failed to re ...
Statement on the Selection of Candidates for the European Court of Human Rights
On August 29, the Government selected two new candidates for the European Court of Human Rights to substitute for the candidates rejected by the Council of Europe. The Coalition believes that the composition and rules that govern the work of the Go ...
Statement of NGOs about beating of the Equality Movement activists by the police
Human rights NGOs and groups are extremely concerned about beating of the Equality Movement activists Levan Berianidze and Tornike Kusiani in Batumi, allegedly motivated by homophobia, their arbitrary arrest and inhuman and degrading treatment ...