On November 24, 2011, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on behalf of four participants of the May 26, 2011 protest rally. The ECHR delivered its judgment in the case on March 7, 2017

Tbilisi City Court has fully granted the victim’s claim and has ordered the Property Management Agency of Tbilisi City Hall to sign an agreement with the plaintiffs for payment of compensation.

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) has submitted a legislative proposal to parliament with the aim of increasing safeguards in the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia for protection of victim’s rights and interests.

The below signatory organizations are concerned by the initiative presented in the Constitutional Commission for definition of marriage in the Constitution. The proposed formulation carries homophobic connotation and can potentially foster negative sentiments towards LGBT people. Such amendments to the Constitution will have a chilling effect on the human rights situation in Georgia. If adopted, negative effects of these new regulations must be outweighed by legalization of civil partnership as a form of legal recognition of same-sex marriage. 

As various media outlets informed the public, on February 16, 2017 Irakli Khoperia allegedly was taken with no reason by police officers to the police station where he became a victim of police violence. According to Irakli Khoperia, he was demanded to acknowledge the offence which he had not committed, he was threatened to plant drugs on him and was physically abused. Later, after revealing that Irakli Khoperia had been arrested by mistake instead of another person, he was released. Under the medical examination, Irakli Khoperia was diagnosed with "head injury, [...] chest interfacial injury, with soft tissue bruise. Some injuries in the form of bruises have been detected on the body. Injuries have been inflicted with the repeated action of a solid blunt object."

We would like to respond to the presidential elections and the referendum held in the occupied territories, namely, in Tskhinvali region with the intent to change the existing name to "Republic of South Ossetia - State Alania".