January 9, 2019
Under the recently amended Constitution the High Council of Justice is responsible for nominating the Chief Justice and Supreme Court judges. So far a procedure and additional qualification requirements for nominating candidates for the positions of the Chief Justice and Supreme Court judges have not been established in the organic law.
December 29, 2018
უზენაესი სასამართლოს მოსამართლეების შერჩევისა და ლევან მურუსიძის მოსამართლის თანამდებობაზე უვადოდ დანიშვნის პროცესმა სრული სიცხადით დაადასტურა სასამართლო სისტემის ნაწილში და მის მმართველ რგოლში - იუსტიციის უმაღლეს საბჭოში - არსებული კრიზისული მდგომარეობა და ე.წ. კლანის ზღვარგადასული ძალაუფლება. საბჭო, ბოლო წლებია, აშკარად ბოროტად იყენებს მისთვის კონსტიტუციით მინიჭებულ უფლებამოსილებებს და პრაქტიკულად არც ერთ გადაწყვეტილებას არ იღებს მართლმსაჯულების ინტერესებიდან გამომდინარე.
December 27, 2018
The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary is concerned by the nomination of candidates for the Supreme Court Justice position by the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) on December 24. The nomination was made without observing any procedure and majority of the candidates nominated are associated with unlawful and unjust justice for the society. It is clear that confirmation of the nominated candidates by the Parliament will bring about further strengthening of clan governance of the judiciary and will make independence of judiciary an impossible feat for the decades to come.
December 24, 2018
Today at the meeting of the High Council of Justice, it was once again demonstrated that a certain group with narrow interests holds an uncontrolled power in the judiciary. Today, with procedural violations, in the pre-New Year period and with expedited procedures, the Council made a decision to nominate 10 candidates for the Supreme Court. This shows that by completely ignoring public discussions and minimum standards of transparency, Council intends to appoint their desired candidates to the Supreme Court and eventually aims at taking full control over all instances of the judiciary.
December 20, 2018
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) is for the first time carrying out social media monitoring during the 2018 presidential election. Increasing role of social media and its impact within the context of elections was clearly illustrated by recent electoral processes in different countries across the globe.