Tbilisi. "Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary” responds to the fact of carrying out a competition for selection of a candidate for the position of State Inspector with violations and failure to meet an obligation related to provision of financial guarantees to the Office of State Inspector. The Coalition addresses the Parliament and the Government of Georgia and urges: - the Parliament of Georgia to not support candidates selected through violation of competition rules; - Prime Minister of Georgia to announce a new competition; - to provide the Office of State Inspector with relevant financial resources in a timely manner in order to ensure that enactment of an Investigative Mechanism on July 1, 2019 is not threatened. Read more… Source:gyla.ge

Tbilisi. GYLA submitted critical comments to the Parliament of Georgia in regard to the legislative package prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and initiated by the Government of Georgia. GYLA considers that norms initiated in the Law on Police do not comply with basic rights guaranteed by the second Chapter of the Constitution of Georgia, commitments undertaken through international agreements of Georgia and, besides, basic legal principles enhanced by the applicable legislation of Georgia related to protection of personal data. Read more… Source:The website of the organization

Samegrelo. A citizen Badri Pachkoria has won a trial with the help of  ''Transparency International – Georgia''. The Zugdidi District Court invalidated the August 8, 2017 resolution of the Land Recognition Commission, according to which resolution Badri Pachkoria was refused to get the plot of land, possessed by him, recognized as his property. Read more… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. According to information of ''Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center'' (EMC), ''Biblus'' has lost a court dispute in regard to a defamation case. ''In May 2017, the company sued its employees due to those video addresses, in which they were both describing improper labor conditions, created at ''Biblus'', and calling on public to express support and solidarity'', - is noted in the statement released by EMC, - ''the Tbilisi City Court did not satisfy the claim of ''Biblus'' due to groundlessness''. In court, interests of defendants in the case were defended by EMC. Read more... Source:The website of the organization

Tbilisi. The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) publishes a blog post: Compliance with deadlines for case review and decision-making in the Tbilisi City Court - practice of 2015-2018 years. ''The purpose of the current study is to reveal compliance with/breaching deadlines for case review and decision making by judges in the Tbilisi City Court, which is the busiest court in the country'', - is stated on the website of the organization. Read more... Source:idfi.ge

Lawyers of the organization ''Partnership for Human Rights'' visited the Martkopi boarding house for people with disabilities in order to get familiar with existing situation there. ''While visiting the boarding house, there were noticed tense, conflicting relations between residents of the institution and the personnel. According to the residents, cases of theft of various items from rooms are frequent at the institution, which fact is not responded by the administration and staff'', - is stated on the website of the organization. Read more… Source:phrgeorgia.wordpress.com

Tbilisi. ''Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center'' (EMC) responds to the statement made by the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia in regard to the case of murder of Temirlan Machalikashvili. EMC calls on the Prosecutor's Office to take a fair and adequate decision on this case in a timely manner and initiate criminal prosecution against both the special operations officer who has directly committed the murder and officials responsible for planning and implementation of the special operation. Read more... Source:The website of the organization

Tbilisi. The Parliament of Georgia adopted a draft Organic Law of Georgia on ''Agricultural Land Ownership'' and other bills, associated with it, through the first reading. According to the information of GDI, the legislative body partially considered comments and proposals submitted by the organization in regard to the initiated version. Read more… Source:gdi.ge

Tbilisi. According to information of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been ordered to compensate moral damage in the amount of GEL 25 000 in the case of leading to suicide as a result of domestic violence. "This case is the first in Georgia, in which the Court has defined responsibility of the state to ensure prevention of leading to suicide as a form of femicide”, - is stated in the information – "on the basis of its lawsuit, GYLA was demanding to charge the Ministry of Internal Affairs and General Prosecutor’ Office of Georgia for failure to prevent systematic domestic violence and leading a female to suicide despite quite a number of applications submitted to police”. Read more… Source: The website of the organization

Tbilisi. On April 17, 2019, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, in cooperation with a partner organization the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights. The complaint relates to an inappropriate treatment committed by policemen against Irakli Khoperia and ineffectiveness of investigation launched on this fact. Read more… Source:gyla.ge

Tbilisi. Rustavi 2 TV channel broadcasted an investigative documentary Studio Monitor and Radio Liberty produced. The documentary "Judges in the Government’s Service” followed up on the government’s attemptedconfiscation of Constanta Bank from its founders in 2011. It further hinted at alleged misconduct by the prosecutors and judges. CRRC-Georgia conducted a follow-up phone survey to find out whether and how the public viewed the documentary. Read more… Source: idfi.ge

Tbilisi. The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) publish a joint study: ''Gaps in a professional training system for judges indicate necessity of a fundamental reform of the High School of Justice''. ''The study reviews institutional arrangement of the High School of Justice of Georgia and main challenges related to its activities'', - is stated on the website of the organization. Read more… Source: idfi.ge

Tbilisi. On April 16, 2019 Venice Commission of the Council of Europe released urgent opinion on the selection and appointment of Supreme Court Judges in Georgia. The opinion completely shares the position of civil society activists and NGOs who, over recent months have been criticizing judges’ appointment process. In its opinion, the Venice Commission assesses the process as "important and very unusual", if not extraordinary, situation. Read more  Source: https://osgf.ge

Tbilisi. ''Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center'' (EMC) demands from the government to take immediate actions in order to create a decent work environment for those employed and releases a special statement. ''... Despite elaboration of a respective supervision mechanism and tightening legislation, ineffectiveness of execution mechanisms and postponement of a deadline of enforcement of important legislative regulations for the future put lives and health of employees at risk daily'', - is noted in the statement released by EMC. Read more… Source:The website of the organization

Tbilisi. ''Transparency International - Georgia'' appraises institutionalization of a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in legislation. ''Institutionalization of RIA should be appraised positively, however, the initiative, as presented, does not respond to challenges of the legislative process, extensive exceptional cases provide possibility of adoption of important laws without RIA'', - is stated on the website of the organization. Read more… Source:www.transparency.ge