Draft amendments to the Law of Georgia on Enforcement Proceedings and the civil Code of Georgia are currently pending before the parliament of Georgia for consideration. The draft has been proposed by MP Gedevan Popkhadze and sponsored by 49 MPs. The draft law envisages suspension till February 1, 2014 of foreclosure of private homes of individuals with defaulted mortgage loans.
2013-07-26 03:42 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers' Association applies to the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia about the case of Giorgi Gvichiani.
2013-07-25 09:23 See moreThe parliament of Georgia is considering a draft of amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia. GYLA has submitted its written opinion on the following two Articles of the proposed draft: Since the Soviet times, Article 171 has been prescribing administrative liability for being in public under the influence of alcohol or in a condition that offends human dignity and public moral. In the proposed formulation “under the influence of alcohol” has been deleted. GYLA believes that both the original formulation that dates back to 1984 and the proposed draft currently under consideration of the parliament are ambiguous, contradicting the principle of legal state in which law should stipulate actions allowed or prohibited in a clear and foreseeable manner; both existing and proposed formulation of Article 171 fail to do so. It provides a broad discretion for law enforcement authorities to decide what constitutes immoral behavior and apply restrictive measures against an individual concerned. Considering that offensive harassment, using a bad language and other similar actions are already qualified as violation, leaving an ambiguous stipulation in the law would be unjustified.
2013-07-25 08:22 See moreClosing Date: 22 August 2013 Location : Tbilisi The Council of Europe, in the framework of the European Union and Council of Europe Joint Programme “Strengthening the lawyers’ capacity for domestic application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and of the Revised European Social Charter (RESC)”, together with the Training Centre of the Georgian Bar Association, announces an open competition for the selection of future trainers of defence lawyers and human rights defenders.
2013-07-25 03:01 See moreOn July 22, 2012, during a press-conference held at the office of the prosecutor it was reported that the investigating authorities found no evidence that Mamuka Ivaniadze was subjected to pressure during questioning. This statement has been issued in response to the press-conference and other developments in the case of Mamuka Ivaniadze.
2013-07-23 08:20 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association expresses a concern over the July 20-21 incidents in Zugdidi and Batumi and calls on all parties of political process to say no to violence. According to media reports, on July 29 there was an attempt to disrupt an event of the political union United National Movement (UNM) on July 20 in Zugdidi. The scheduled event was held amid a protest rally. Party leaders and delegates were verbally abused by citizens that had assembled outside, throwing rocks and bottles at them. One of the journalists was injured during the incident. The same day it was also reported that local population had been mobilized at the rally by local self-government authorities. Another one of the UNM’s primaries was held amid confrontation in Batumi on July 21.
2013-07-22 05:20 See moreOn July 4, 2013, the Government of Georgia submitted to the parliament of Georgia draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, postponing the date for enactment of new procedures for witness examination to December 1, 2014. Until then, old procedures envisaged by the 1998 Criminal Procedure Code will apply.
2013-07-15 03:36 See moreLawyer from GYLA’s office in Tbilisi was providing legal aid to defendants Giorgi and Lasha Sozashvili in criminal proceedings concluded on July 12, 2013, by the verdict of not guilty delivered by Tbilisi City Court. The defendants were charged with crime envisaged by para.2, Article 353 of the Criminal Code of Georgia – resisting a police officer or any other government representative to impede the protection of public order or terminate or change his/her activity, as well as coercing thereof into an explicitly unlawful action, perpetrated under violence or threat of violence, perpetrated by a group.
2013-07-12 04:07 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association believes that investigation into the death of Mikautadze should immediately be transferred to investigators of the office of the prosecutor.
2013-07-11 03:35 See moreIn response to the Prime Minister’s statement about Vladimer Bedukadze’s plea agreement, GYLA would like to state the following: we agree with the Prime Minister saying that relieving a perpetrator of torture completely from criminal liability is unacceptable. Further, we believe that modification of court’s verdict in Vladimer Bedukadze’s case is not viable from legal point of view.
2013-07-09 07:31 See more