The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary intends to provide comments on the package of amendments initiated by the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee of the Parliament of Georgia to the Organic Law on the Co
We, the below signatories petition the parliament of Georgia for timely actions in response to the developments at Ivane Javakhishvili State University in Tbilisi – in particular, numerous reports about existence of ODRs at the university, and
Transparency International (TI) Georgia made a statement several days ago and called the new draft amendments introducing “covert patrolling” a violation of privacy and personal data of citizens. Representatives of the Ministry of
Mr. Giorgi Kvirikashvili Prime Minister of Georgia Dear Mr. Prime Minister: This letter addresses the process of selection of judicial candidates from Georgia for the European Court of Human Rights. As you are aware that the Gove
The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary wants to respond to the recent developments surrounding the Constitutional Court and to the statement of February 29, 2016 of George Papuashvili the President of the Court. Mr. Papuash
The Coalition once again expounds about the “Third Wave” of the Judicial Reform and presents considerations about the updated version of the legislative changes within the reform framework. Primarily we would like to stress that th
On February 10, 2016, the Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary filed a disciplinary complaint against the judges of the Kutaisi City Court and individual judges of other courts in the High Council of Justice of Georgia. The
Yesterday the High Council of Justice made a decision to dismiss Mamuka Khvlediani from the position of the Tbilisi City Court Chair. The dismissal resolution referred to the case assignment decisions made by Mamuka Akhvlediani. T
Metro Georgia, a company running long-distance bus lines from Zugdidi, had to cancel its scheduled Zugdidi-Tbilisi trips due to a 5 day protest organized by local bus and minibus drivers. The protesters demanded Metro Georgia not be allowed to