On September 18, 2015 the Parliament of Georgia adopted the draft amendments to the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office on the third reading.   The amendments constitute the reform of the Prosecutor’s Office which according to

  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is concerned about recent developments which demonstrated disrespect of political forces and certain public groups towards judicial independence and rule of law thereby threatening in

  Transparency International Georgia would like to express its opinion about the statement by Giorgi Papuashvili, the chairperson of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, which notes that, following the verdict returned in the case of Giorgi Ugul

  On September 16, 2015 the Constitutional Court of Georgia announced its ruling on the Giorgi Ugulava case. The signatory organizations consider it appropriate to respond to recent developments related to this case. Over the last two days we ha

  On 8 September 2015 during her interview with the talk-show Archevani on Rustavi 2 TV, Georgian Public Broadcaster’s (GPB) journalist Eka Mishveladze alleged that she had been subject to secret government surveillance. Mishveladze, an

9 September 2015, Tbilisi – According to the Open Budget Partnership’s biennial global report Georgia scores 66 in 2015 Open Budget Index.9 September 2015, Tbilisi – According to the Open Budget Partnership’s biennial global report Georgia scores 66

  On August 29, the Imedi TV company released a statement regarding temporary suspension of social-political talk shows. The talk shows Reaktsia and Imedis Kvira will no longer be aired on Imedi TV from the new season. According to the channel&r

On August 31, 2015 the Georgian Dream coalition announced that no fundamental changes to the electoral system were being planned prior to the 2016 parliamentary elections. Instead, the government plans to introduce two changes. Firstly, a new 50% thr

  In July 2015, Ministry of Justice proposed draft legislation on reforming the rules of witness interrogation. The draft is based on the opinions of the special group created under the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Georgia. The

  Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary reacts to the processes of selection and appointment of judges held in July 2015, which were marked with low degree of transparency and openness. On July 20 the process of interviewing ju