For many years questions have been raised with respect to the lack of judicial discipline cases despite obvious signs of violations allegedly committed by judges. Reasons can be sought in the general and unforeseeable nature of grounds for judicial d

A bill of amendments to the law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens1  has been initiated in the Parliament of Georgia. Authors/initiators of the bill are members of parliament Gia Zhorzholiani and Simon Nozadze. The amendments

Transparency International Georgia is carrying out an evaluation of the performance of representative bodies in Georgia. On October 19, 2017, the organization published a report on the performance of the Tbilisi City Council. The latest report examin

Civil society once again responds to the latest developments taking place at Public Service Broadcaster. Increasing influence of individuals connected to the government and the former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili at Public Broadcaster is alarmi

We, observer organizations, call upon law enforcement agencies to take an interest in the actions of the District Election Commission (DEC) of Tianeti and Precinct Election Commission (PEC) no. 20 of the same district. After the court has invali

We, the undersigned organizations, would like to comment on the incident that took place on the Nutsubidze Plateau on 25 October 2017. As it is known, the police detained a citizen, which was followed by the deterioration of health and death of the l

 Legislative initiative of Georgian National Communication Commission, introduced before the local elections, which among other issues related to the Election Code included responsibility of broadcasters for publication of public opinion polls,

At this point, from our observation, we can say that the 2017 local self-government elections were held in a largely peaceful environment, without serious incidents. Nevertheless, the election day showed a new problematic trend related to the control

 At this point, from our observation, we can say that the 2017 local self-government elections are being held in a largely peaceful environment. The absolute majority of the electoral precincts, where our static observers are stationed, have bee