Non-governmental organizations are responding to the draft law that was registered in the Parliament of Georgia on June 5 and which, along with other changes, envisages making an amendment to the rule of staffing of election commissions.
2017-06-07 14:54 See moreRecently it has been reported that Georgia has been refusing to grant a residence permit to Azerbaijani political activists, journalists and human rights advocates.
2017-06-05 22:10 See moreStarting from today, June 1, 2017 the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association started the monitoring of local self-government elections pre-election processes. Although the pre-election campaign is not officially launched yet, the events that precede the pre-election campaign are the subject of observation for the organization.
2017-06-01 14:49 See moreIn protest of the developments in the judicial system, NGOs refuse to present their report and demand that issues in the judicial system be addressed in the parliamentary format and prompt reforms be implemented
2017-06-01 12:16 See moreThe High Council of Justice (HCOJ) is hearing the issue of appointing Court Chairs. This means that the current corps of the HCOJ, in the final days of its mandate, may appoint the Chairs for five-year terms[1]. [1] It’s worth noting that the judiciary has such an experience when after the 2012 Parliamentary elections the previous corps of the HCOJ appointed their desired chairs for five years hastily, in a closed session.
2017-05-29 11:03 See moreOn May 25, 2017, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association monitored a trial where Quality Assurance Manager of Demireli private college, Turkish citizen Mustafa Emre Çabuk was sentenced to a provisional arrest pending extradition
2017-05-28 13:41 See moreThe results of the parliamentary elections of 2016 have revealed problems related to funding of political parties, which need to be resolved. The problems are mainly related to the funding of political parties from the state budget – specifically, some components of the formula for calculating the amount of state funding are vague and problematic, and, also, the existing regulations create incorrect incentives for creating electoral blocs whose main goal is to obtain additional state funding and other undeserved privileges.
2017-05-25 11:23 See moreGYLA once again responds to Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze's case and considers the closure of the court hearings unjustified.
2017-05-20 15:51 See moreTbilisi City Hall released a statement on May 17, 2017 concerning the planned amendments to the rules of funding the program. In particular, the amendments envisage a scaling down of the number of therapy sessions for children aged 7-15 years,
2017-05-19 11:39 See moreOn May 15, 2017, the first stage of public discussions about the constitutional amendments was concluded. At this stage, 10 public discussions have been held [1] while public discussions planned to be held in Tbilisi were disrupted.[2]
2017-05-18 17:27 See more