Throughout years constitutional litigation has been one of the strategic strands of GYLA which greatly contributed to establishment of constitutional practice. Currently the strand of constitutional litigation is funded by the East West Management Institute (EWMI) and the Swedish International De...
2012-12-26 02:03 See moreIn 2012 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association presented its research The Rehabilitation Process Beyond the Façade, most of which focused on involvement of funds established by Tbilisi Government in the process of rehabilitation of historic parts of Tbilisi. This time, GYLA would like to provide public with information about budgetary finances transferred from various funds envisaged by the state budgets of Georgia in 2008-2012 to the legal entity of public law Old City Rehabilitation and Development Fund, established by Tbilisi Government and the legal entity of public law Tbilisi Development Fund. According to the information that GYLA was able to obtain, funds established by Tbilisi Government have been receiving finances from funds envisaged by the state budgets of Georgia in 2008-2012, including the Reserve Fund of the President of Georgia and the fund for projects to be implemented in the regions of Georgia. Further, GYLA was also able to obtain part of the presidential decrees 2009 which was classified as secret according to the president’s administration but nevertheless, they failed to submit to GYLA or to court any documents that would certify that the decrees were indeed classified as secret.
2012-12-26 01:54 See moreAdjara Supreme Council examines the draft on introducing of amendments to the rule of formation of the Supreme Election Commission (SEC). According to the amendments, the tenure of SEC chairman and members will decrease from five to four years. Furthermore, local monitoring organizations that monitored the past elections at Adjara Autonomous Republic become authorized to nominate candidates for SEC membership, whilst authority of current SEC members will be terminated immediately after amendments enter into force.
2012-12-26 01:07 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association marked closing of series of the human rights events with a presentation of the research “Analysis of Criminal and Administrative Cases with Alleged Political Motive. Recent years have been marked with an apparent trend of increase in arrests of opposition party representatives amid strained political situation in Georgia. Subsequently, the question of whether a case has been politically motivated always arises among the public.
2012-12-21 05:44 See moreToday is the deadline for applications for the director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB). We have repeatedly raised concerns about the independence and managerial problems at GPB. We believe that a strong and politically independent Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) can only become a reality if its Board appoints the best qualified candidate as broadcaster's new executive director. The best candidate should be selected based on experience, qualification and the vision he or she offers for a new GPB, not based on loyalty to any political group or network.
2012-12-20 05:10 See moreOn December 19, 2012 it was reported on the fact of pressure on judge assistant by security officers with a view to get some information from her and receive consent on cooperation.
2012-12-20 05:09 See moreGYLA reacts over again on the information released by mass media in terms of developments in local self-governing bodies for the past period. On December 20, 2012 GYLA held a press conference on the issue. Following 2012 parliamentary elections, some concerns have been noticed in the regions in terms of change of high officials of local self-governing bodies (Gamgeoba, local council). According to the disseminated information, some modifications are normal, while there are certain instances when substitution of power is implemented under secret or clear pressure. In addition, some newly appointed high officials exceed their authority, thus making negative influence and straining situation in the country.
2012-12-20 05:08 See moreGYLA releases statement on the swiftness of activity of the legislative branch during the last week and on insufficient access to information thereon. In view of this, it calls on the Parliament to conduct the legislative process with observance of stipulations envisaged in the Regulation. The main deficiency of 2008-2012 Parliament was rapidity of its activity and insufficient transparency of the process which on the one hand violated legislative requirements and on the other hand decreased civil society involvement in the process, in certain cases even made it absolutely impossible.
2012-12-20 05:08 See moreOn December 19, 2012, in the frames of “the Human Rights’ Week”, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association held presentation of the research “Media Business in Georgia”. Within the scope of the research, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association studied the trends of media business development in Georgia. GYLA considers that media condition is among hot and important issues in the country. It should be noted that media is a field bearing two major functions: firstly, it is a mechanism ensuring realization of the right to expression in the society, whilst it is also considered to be one of the interesting and attractive businesses throughout the world.
2012-12-19 05:06 See moreIn December 18, 2012 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association elected its new chairman, Kakha Kozhoridze. According to GYLA’s Statute, the chairman is elected at the first session of the board. The same person is entitled to be elected on the position during the three consecutive terms only.
2012-12-18 05:06 See more