Mr. Irakli,
As far as you know, in September 2011 Georgia joined the international initiative “Open Government Partnership - OGP”, initiator of which is the President of the United States Mr. Barak Obama. OGP is a key platform for development of government transparency and accountability through involvement of citizens, and improvement of innovations and technologies in the format of joint cooperation of the civil society and government. Today, OGP unites more than 60 states.As reported, on March 4, 2014 at about 2:30 a.m. an inmate died in Geguti #14 penitentiary as a result of confrontation between prisoners. The incident happened in a cell with five inmates there.
According to the initial information, the deceased prisoner has numerous injuries, including in the area of head and a throat. The exact cause of death will be known after conduct of examination. Investigation has been launched on the case.GYLA lodged a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court and challenged constitutionality of the Criminal Procedure norm, which considers inadmissible only the evidences obtained in violation of requirements of the Criminal Procedure Code, while it regards admissible evidences obtains in violation of other laws.
With GYLA’s assistance some individuals were relived from administrative liability
• GYLA’s Kutaisi branch protected B.M.’s interests in the court who was found guilty in the administrative offence by the November 2, 2013 decision of Samtredia regional court and was fined GEL 500.
Unrestricted secret eavesdropping by the law enforcement authorities has been a serious issue in Georgia for years already. The investigation authorities had been eavesdropping and carrying out surveillance on ordinary Georgian citizens, journalists, civil society representatives, political activists, defense lawyers, clerics and other persons for years, without any oversight and permission.
Over the past three months approval of Tbilisi budget has become the issue of hot controversy between the majority of the City Council and Tbilisi City Hall and its supporter minority. According to the Georgian Legislation, unless the City Council approves the municipal budget within three months after adoption of the draft state budget, the government with the consensus of the Parliament of Georgia makes a resolution on pre-term termination of the authority of the City Council and introduction of the direct state governance.
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development implement the EU funded project “Promoting Well Managed Migration Between the EU and Georgia”. The competition is announced in the framework of the project on preparation of the TV and radio social advertisement for raising public awareness on free legal aid opportunity.
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development implement the EU funded project “Promoting Well Managed Migration Between the EU and Georgia”. The competition is announced in the framework of the project on preparation of the TV and radio social advertisement for raising public awareness on the problem of trafficking.
Mebmers of the Campaign “It Affects You Too, Authorities Continue to Eavsdrop on Us” welcome the March 6 statement of the Ministry of Interior Alexander Chikaidze in terms of the readiness of the agency to have a dialogue with the civil society representatives on the problematic issue of secret eavesdropping and surveillance. Further, the Minister mentioned that it would be acceptable to consolidate the interests of the Ministry of Interior and Citizens of Georgia.
On March 7, Tbilisi local council approved the city budget of GEL 780 million with 41 votes. For the past three months the process of revision of the budget was accompanied with political controversy between the City Council and Tbilisi City Hall.
