Today on March 21, in GYLA office employees of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association met with representatives of Polish and Moldovan NGOs. They got acquainted with activities GYLA implements. NGO visit will last for four days and visitors will work in three working groups: · Civil participation in decision making process; · Media role in combating corruption; · Local self-governance The delegation will also visit Batumi and Gori and meet nearly 40 NGO representatives from Imereti, Achara, Guria, Samegrelo and Shida Kartli regions.
2006-03-20 20:00 See moreIn February 2006, GYLA formalized a Partnership with the highly respected NGO, the European Human Rights Advocacy Center (EHRAC). The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) was established in January 2003 at London Metropolitan University in response to a request for support and expertise in litigating cases at the European Court of Human Rights from the Russian NGO, Memorial.
2006-02-24 20:00 See moreThe Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is concerned about recent developments which demonstrated disrespect of political forces and certain public groups towards judicial independence and rule of law thereby threatening independence of important constitutional institutions in the country. On September 18, 2015 Giorgi Papuashvili, President of the Constitutional Court of Georgia made a media statement according to which certain judges and their family members are under pressure coming from threatening statements by different groups of citizens gathered in front of the judges’ private homes. Giorgi Papuashvili believes that the reason for the pressure directed against the Constitutional Court judges is that the Constitutional Court has upheld Giorgi Ugulava’s appeal. In addition to this statement, the media have been circulating declarations of representatives of certain civil groups, which threaten judges.
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