Statements
June 18, 2016
This Affects You Too campaign issues this statement in reaction to delays in the process of initiation of bills for reforming the system of secret surveillance/wiretapping. We’d like to first explain the principle that the campaign relied on for choosing the form and the strategy for initiating the bills that it has prepared.
June 17, 2016
ISFED issues this statement in reaction to the demonstration scheduled to be held on June 17 by the White Noise Movement against oppressive drug policy.
June 17, 2016
Post-election monitoring for the May 22 local self-government elections uncovered a number of deficiencies in complaints process in district electoral commissions (DECs) and in courts.
June 14, 2016
On June 10, the Tbilisi Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of the Tbilisi City Court in the case of the Rustavi 2 TV station. By the decision of the panel of judges, 100% of the stake in Rustavi 2 remained the property of Kibar Khalvashi.
June 13, 2016
Today Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary has submitted a claim to the Constitutional Court to challenge constitutionality of the legislative amendments on the Constitutional Court.
June 7, 2016
Media has reported that the draft law on modified German model of the electoral system has been removed from the parliamentary hearing agenda after it was withdrawn by its initiator - the Republican Party. According to a member of the party, Levan Berdzenishvili the bill was withdrawn because it did not receive enough votes.
June 3, 2016
The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary considers it important to comment on President’s act, which returned legislative changes on Constitutional Court to the legislature with objections.
June 3, 2016
On June 1, the parliamentary committee for legal issues debated a bill for electoral system change and put it to vote during the first reading. The bill aims to replace the existing electoral system with a modified version of the so-called German model. The bill provides an opportunity to implement meaningful changes for improving the electoral system ahead of the 2016 elections.
June 1, 2016
Members of the CSO platform No to Phobia! express our concern about actions of recent aggressive ultra-nationalistic groups, indirectly encouraged by inadequate actions of law enforcement bodies or their complete indifference towards hate crimes and violations.
June 1, 2016
The third reading of the Third Wave Judicial Reform bill was on the agenda of the May 25-27 plenary sessions at the Parliament of Georgia. However, once again the Parliament delayed considerations of the draft amendments.
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