In 2015 the government of Georgia launched a reform to ensure independence of the office of prosecutor. The Ministry of Justice drafted a concept of the reform firs and later a draft of amendments to the Law of Georgia on Prosecutor’s Office.
In 2015 the government of Georgia launched a reform to ensure independence of the office of prosecutor. The Ministry of Justice drafted a concept of the reform firs and later a draft of amendments to the Law of Georgia on Prosecutor’s Office.
The Parliament of Georgia is expeditiously reviewing amendments to the Law of Georgia on Special Penitentiary Service, drafted and initiated by the Committee for Human Rights and Civic Integration
The Coalition believes that the draft proposed by the Ministry of Justice introduces principally incompatible elements into the current procedural system, considerably worsen the legal standing of the defense party and are overall threatening to the principles of adversarial proceedings and equality of arms. We believe enactment of the draft will in the future create numerous important legal and practical problems. Among them:
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), and Transparency International – Georgia presented recommendations about special electoral precincts to the Government of Georgia. [1]
The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary responds to the judicial selection competition for the 61 vacant judicial positions ongoing at the High Council of Justice (HCOJ).
The High Council of Justice has commenced the process of judicial appointments to fill 61 vacant positions in the general courts of Georgia.
A draft of new regulations has been initiated in the Parliament of Georgia for redrawing single-mandate districts, in order to provide equality of suffrage ahead of the 2016 parliamentary elections in Georgia. This is based on the decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia on May 28th 2015.
1. Beneficiary found not guilty GYLA’s office in Tbilisi represented a defendant in criminal proceedings launched by Tbilisi General Prosecutor’s Office in 2011, over misappropriation of funds by companies that had won tenders announced Tbilisi City Hall and its agencies. B.M. was charged under several articles, including legalization of illegal income, perpetrated as a group, and an attempt of bribing an official.
The Coalition responds to the statements made by the representatives of the governing political power, the vice-speaker of Parliament Manana Kobakhidze and the Parliamentary Majority Leader Zviad Kvachantiradze, as well as the Minister of Justice, Thea Tsulukiani, regarding the Constitutional Court of Georgia. These statements are saturated with superficial political assessments that have nothing in common with substantiated legal critique of judicial acts. In certain cases such statements may even amount to attempted pressure on judiciary, which is especially dangerous in relation to the cases currently being heard or due to be heard by the Court.