Today, on February 18, 2014 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and Transparency International (TI) Georgia presented their second Monitoring Report on the Activities of the High Council of Justice (HCOJ). The report mainly covers the period o

It has been reported that on February 10, 2014 the Law Enforcement Agencies arrested the Khoni municipality governor Zurab Jibukhaia, his deputy Besarion Tchelidze, and the deputy chairman of the United National Movement’s Dusheti organization Zurab

Investigators of the Ministry of Finance, commonly known as the financial police, last week entered the headquarters of Geocell, the country’s second largest mobile phone operator, accusing the company of large-scale tax evasion. The allegations agai

Over the past few weeks, the public has been observing the dispute taking place between Tbilisi City Hall and the City Council in connection with the approval of the city budget. A meeting with NGOs over this issue was held in the City Council on Jan

  On 31 December 2013 Temporary Commission on Illegal Surveillance and Wiretapping has issued its report  regarding illegal surveillance in Georgia.Three members of this Commission, Eka Gigauri, Lasha Tughushi and Kakhaber Kakhishvili

We, Transparency International Georgia, the Georgian Young Lawyers Association and the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, believe that the amendments proposed to the Inter-Parliamentary Working Group by the ruling party are not e

On January 23 the Parliament of Georgia voted, for the second time, to select the candidates of the Georgian Public Broadcaster’s (GPB) Board of Trustees. As a result, only four candidates were selected for nine vacant positions.    We beli

It is known that an Inter-Faction group working on electoral issues was established under the order of the Parliament Chairman from 26 December, 2013 with the purpose of drafting amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia, including the Election Code a

It is known that, in January 2014, the Inter-Faction group within the Georgian Parliament began to work on the electoral reform based on which elections will be held in 2014. We believe that a relevant revision of the current electoral system should

The NGOs consider that the idea of exercising self-government by citizens is the core value, upon which the whole system of democratic governance is based. All democratic countries share the right of citizens to take part in governing the matters of