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GYLA Publishes its Remarks on Legislative Amendments

Georgian Young Lawyers Association of Georgia presented its opinion on the Draft Laws of Georgia on Making Changes and Amendments in the Law of Georgia on Meetings and Manifestations, the Law of Georgia on Police, and the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia to the Legal Issues Committee and Human Rights Committee of the Parliament of Georgia.

2009-07-08 20:00 See more

June 26 – International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

 On June 26 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) held a rally Say No to Torture!

2009-06-26 20:00 See more

GYLA Held Presentation of Ad Campaigns against Domestic Violence

 On June 22 at Vere Palace Hotel presentation of social ad campaigns and documentaries on the topic of domestic violence was held. The event was held in cooperation with American Bar Association (ABA) and USAID. 

2009-06-21 20:00 See more

GYLA Lawyers Visited IDPs Settled in Tsilkani on the World Refugee Day

 On June 20, the World Refugee Day representatives of Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) visited IDPs settled in Tsilkani.

2009-06-19 20:00 See more

Tamar Khidasheli Sends Letter to Ministry of Interior Affairs of Georgia

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2009-06-18 20:00 See more

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association requests starting of criminal case against the policemen who participated in the event of June 15, 2009

Today the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association applied to the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia with the request to initiate a criminal case against those employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who participated in the incident of June 15, 2009 on the fact of raid of demonstrators and beatings executed against those detained in the temporary detention facility.

2009-06-18 20:00 See more

Georgia Signed First International Agreement on Access to Information

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2009-06-17 20:00 See more

Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Caucasus University and Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA)

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}On June 17 at the conference hall of Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Caucasus University and GYLA. Students of Caucasus University and GYLA attended the ceremony along with university professors. After the official ceremony question and answer session was held, information on different matters was exchanged.

2009-06-16 20:00 See more

GYLA Assesses Dispersion of Peaceful Rally as Unlawful Violence

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) has noted a number of times that any act of violence, regardless who is standing behind the violence, is unacceptable to us. Recently, society witnessed operative and effective arrest of participants of incidents that took place outside Parliament and Sh. Rustaveli Theatre by Georgian authorities. GYLA hopes that the authorities will be equally operative in investigating and punishing those who took part in the violent dispersion of peaceful protestors outside the Tbilisi police headquarters on June 15.

2009-06-15 20:00 See more

GYLA Condemns Beating of Journalist!

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) condemns physical abuse of journalist Nato Gogelia, Guria News newspaper, which took place at Chokhatauri police department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs and believes that it was a direct result of impunity syndrome existing in relation with infringements of the law by police officers.

2009-06-11 20:00 See more