Tbilisi. Civil society organizations call on the Parliament of Georgia to timely review the issue of termination of authority of Zaza Kharebava, a member of the High Council of Justice. "The High Council of Justice of Georgia starts the process of selection of judges of the Supreme Court. Today, on June 7, there will be held a sitting to register applicants of the competition as candidates, which sitting will be followed by several stages of secret ballots at the Council. In this circumstance it is crucially important to have the Parliament of Georgia review, within the shortest period of time, the issue of lawfulness of election of Zaza Kharebava, a non-judge member of the High Council of Justice, to the Council and termination of his authority. On May 14, 2019, the "Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary” applied to the Parliament of Georgia demanding to examine the issue of lawfulness of election of Zaza Kharebava, a non-judge member of the High Council of Justice. According to the statement of the Coalition, there were violated requirements of law in the process of election of Zaza Kharebava as far as his candidacy was presented to the Parliament by an unauthorized subject”, - is noted in the statement. Read more… Source:https://emc.org.ge

Tbilisi. The "Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association” calls on the Parliament of Georgia to not support candidates identified through violation of the Regulation of the Competition Commission for Selecting State Inspector. "On June 1, 2019, the Competition Commission for Selecting State Inspector presented two candidates for State Inspector - Valeri Lomuashvili and Londa Toloraia to the Prime Minister of Georgia. GYLA considers that while selecting candidates for State Inspector, the Commission breached the rule stipulated by the Regulation”, - is noted in the statement released by GYLA. Respectively, GYLA calls on the Parliament of Georgia to not support any candidate identified through violation of the Regulation of the Competition Commission for Selecting State Inspector. Read more… Source:The website of the organization

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Tbilisi. Based on the appeal of the Public Defender of Georgia, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) will monitor the ongoing process of selection of judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia. "Due to high importance of the process of selection of judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Public Defender appealed to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights on May 27 of the current year and requested to monitor the process. It should be taken into consideration that again on the basis of a request of the Public Defender, the same organization, on April 17 of the current year, published a legal opinion and recommendations related to a bill initiated in the Parliament in regard to the issue of selection of judges of the Supreme Court. Monitoring of the process of selection of judges will be a logical continuation of this process. By the letter of May 30 of the current year, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has confirmed its readiness to observe the selection process and its compliance with both national legislation and international standards as well as good practices”, - is stated in the information released by the Office of the Public Defender. Read more… Source: The website of the Office of the Public Defender

Tbilisi. "Women’s Fund in Georgia” presents a blog of the Executive Director of the Fund – "Activism is always in danger”. "Activism is in danger in Georgia - probably not only in Georgia, but for me this is primarily alarming and that is why I am addressing you - in Georgia activism is in danger!”, - considers Nana Pantsulaia, - "Activists and activist campaigns are the force that grows citizens, develops civil society and forms the perception of justice. There is a lot more that can be said as to why we need activism, but to my opinion it is not necessary because I think we already know it. Now we have to say what activism itself needs”. Read more… Source:The website of the organization