Tbilisi. A conference on Hate Speech in Election Campaign was held on 12 March 2019 involving representatives of state institutions, civil society organisations, and the international community. The conference was opened by the Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia Cristian Urse and the Chairperson of the Georgian Young Lawyers Association Sulkhan Saladze. The event aimed at discussing questions related to negative campaigning and hate speech during elections, with particular emphasis on 2018 Presidential elections. Read more… Source: gyla.ge

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Tbilisi. The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary has left the Parliamentary Speaker’s working group for designing Supreme Court Justice selection procedures and criteria because the format did not serve as a means for discussing genuine legislative changes, which are to ensure a merit-based approach to the selection process and its transparent and impartial conduct. ''Unfortunately, the position expressed by the Parliamentary Speaker makes it clear that he objects to the above key issues, which are central to ensuring genuine legislative changes and staffing the highest court of the land via an objective and open process. The Parliamentary Speaker has a principled position regarding voting, and the formula he offers gives the dominant clan in the judiciary a full possibility to determine the nomination of specific candidates in the name of the HCOJ all by itself. This position again illustrates the Parliamentary Speaker’s and the ruling party’s unconditional support for the clan'', is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: osgf.ge

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Kakheti. Practice of citizen engagement and public-private dialogue (PPD) at Telavi municipality within the auspices of the PPD Quality Tracking in Georgia IDFI held the first regional public discussion in Telavi. The event was attended by the representatives of local municipality, private sector, NGOs and academic circles. IDFI thanks Telavi Municipality City Hall and City Council for hosting the event. The initiative was financially supported by G4G/USAID. Read more… Source: The page of the organization in a social network

Local Democracy Agency Georgia held an informational meeting for the project called ''Increasing Awareness about the Association Agreement with the European Union in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Region'' in Martvili and Tsalenjikha Municipalities, which was attended by the citizens. ''Participants of the meeting were provided with information on issues related to Chapter 21 of the Association Agreement and its relevant legal acts, including emphasis on the importance of citizens; participation in governance, projects implemented throughout the region, and new programs of regional development in Georgia etc'', is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: The page of the organization in a social network

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Samtskhe-Javakheti.  Carl Hartzell - Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia met the representatives of CSOs operating in Samtskhe-Javakheti region. At the meeting ambassador got to know to the problems and challenges facing the region and the situations regarding to the work of civil society. The meeting was held within the framework of the project ,,Civil Society Sustainability Initiative – Georgia” and was organized by the Union of Democrat Meskhs, Centre for Training and Consultancy (CTC) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS).

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Tbilisi. According to information of ''Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center'' (EMC), legal proceeding, initiated at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia against Malkhaz Machalikashvili in regard to the fact of administrative offense, has been terminated. Discussion is about investigation, launched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia with the motive of administrative misconduct that took place on September 11, 2018 while erecting tents in front of the Parliament. Rights of Malkhaz Machalikashvili were defended by EMC. Read more... Source:The website of the organization

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Tbilisi. Do you want to know more about the attitudes of the population and business entities of Georgia towards civil society organizations and corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes? Here are the main findings of the surveys conducted by the CRRC-Georgia in the framework of the "Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative" project: 1.    "Attitudes of the Population of Georgia towards Civil Society Organisations, European Integration and Business Entities"  See more… 2.    "BUSINESSES IN GEORGIA: Attitudes towards Corporate Social Responsibility and Civil Society Organizations" See more… ”Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative” was developed and is implemented by the consortium lead by the Konrad­-Adenauer­-Stiftung in cooperation with four Georgian Civil Society Organizations: Civil Society Institute (CSI), Center for Training and Consultancy (CTC), Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG) and Education Development and Employment Center (EDEC). The project is funded by the European Union and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

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Tbilisi. According to findings of ''Transparency International Georgia'' (TI), part of State Attorneys - Governors and their Deputies filled in property declarations for 2018 incompletely. ''''Transparency International Georgia” studied property declarations of more than 20 officials. As a result, there were revealed 5 facts of incompletely filled in property declarations, 1 fact of activity incompatible with occupied position and 2 facts of non-transferring possessed shares to other individuals via proxy'', - the information released by TI states. Read more... Source:The website of the organization

Tbilisi. According to conclusion of ''Transparency International Georgia'' (TI), municipalities of Imereti do not provide public information within deadlines stipulated by legislation, whereas in most cases information provided by them is incomplete. ''While preparing studies and articles, ''Transparency International Georgia'' often relies on public information received from municipalities. In the case of municipalities of Imereti, we have experienced problems in this regard several times'', - the information released by TI states. Read more... Source:The website of the organization

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Tbilisi. According to the information of ''Transparency International Georgia'' (TI), 43 of the 61 factions, created at city assemblies of 2017 convocation of Imereti, have not initiated any issues since the date of registration through November 1, 2018. ''Creation of a faction is a way for members of city assembly to receive a salary because member of city assembly is not a paid job. In total, more than GEL 1 million 800 thousand have been spent for labor remuneration and other expenses of officials of factions'', - is stated in the information released by TI. Read more… Source:The website of the organization

Tbilisi. The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is concerned by the nomination of candidates for the Supreme Court Justice position by the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) on December 24. ''The nomination was made without observing any procedure, and a majority of the candidates nominated are associated with unlawful and unjust justice for the society. It is clear that confirmation of the nominated candidates by the Parliament will bring about a further strengthening of clan governance of the judiciary and will make independence of the judiciary an impossible feat for the decades to come. Based on all of above, the Coalition calls on the Parliament of Georgia to: decline the list of the candidates nominated for the Supreme Court appointment; immediately start working on legislative amendments which will bring the rules and criteria for selecting Supreme Court justices in line with the Constitution and international standards; start the selection process of Supreme Court justices only after adopting the legislative amendments and nominate the candidates anew, following the rules that are established'', is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: coalition.ge

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Tbilisi. Keti Chutlashvili, a lawyer of ''Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center'' (EMC), the advocate of the Machalikashvili case, publishes an article – ''Why allegations of the State Security Service are unsubstantiated?'' The article contains information about an operation carried out by the State Security Service of Georgia on December 26, 2018, in several villages of the Pankisi Gorge. ''What information does the State Security Service release and why is this information inaccurate? What is support for terrorism and does the information released by the State Security Service indicate that this crime has been committed by Temirlan Machalikashvili? Is gross violation of criminal procedures and presumption of innocence evident through the information released by the State Security Service'', - these are the issues that the author reviews in this article. Read more… Source: emc.org.ge

Tbilisi. Local civil society organizations, lawyers, former judges and human rights watchdogs held a closed meeting on December 26 to discuss the issue of appointment of Supreme Court judges. The meeting was organized by Open Society Georgia Foundation and Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC). ''The participants discussed the current situation in the judiciary and focused on problems and threats related to appointment of Supreme Court judges. They claimed that the process was not transparent, pointing at ''clannish interests'' and a threat of corruption'', is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: osgf.ge