Non-governmental organizations are responding to the draft law that was registered in the Parliament of Georgia on June 5 and which, along with other changes, envisages making an amendment to the rule of staffing of election commissions.

GYLA, as well as the other representatives of Georgian civil society, actively monitored and repeatedly responded regarding the Court dispute over the shares of the TV Company Rustavi 2. The organization has repeatedly pointed out those shortcomings and circumstances, detected during the Court proceedings and in parallel to the Court proceedings, which raised questions regarding the impartiality of the Court in this dispute. These circumstances also led to the unequivocal perception that there was the interest of the authorities in the outcome of the case. 

Georgian civil society organizations have issued a joint assessment of the work of the State Constitutional Commission of Georgia.  The document reflects the views of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), Transparency International – Georgia, and the Open Society Georgia – Foundation (OSGF).  These four organizations were members of the State Constitutional Commission of Georgia and together were represented in all four working groups of the Commission.  

The Parliament of Georgia is reviewing the issue of electing four members of the High Council of Justice of Georgia (HCOJ). On June 6, 2017, at the meeting of the Legal Issues Committee, the Council listened to 29 candidates. Representatives of non-governmental organizations monitored the committee's work and are submitting to the society the evaluation of the selection of the members of the Council by the Committee.