Statements

• Friday, 02 July 2021
  The Coalition Will Not Participate in the Working Group for the Selection of Supreme Court Judges
  On June 25, 2021, the Legal Committee of the Parliament of Georgia set up a working group to assist with the process of selection of Supreme Court judicial nominees. The...
• Thursday, 24 June 2021
  The Selection of Candidates for the Supreme Court Judges is Arbitrary and Unfair
  On June 17, 2021, the High Council of Justice held a ballot for the Supreme Court candidates to be nominated to the Parliament. As a result, nine candidates were selected.[1]...
• Monday, 21 June 2021
  A New Perspective on Judicial Reform
  The legislative changes of 2013-2021 can be characterized as an illusory and incomplete attempt at an institutional modernization of the judiciary, which ultimately created an imitation of a positive transformation...
• Monday, 07 June 2021
  The Coalition Reacts to the Competition of Supreme Court Judicial Candidates
  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary calls on the Parliament to elect Supreme Court judges based on a political consensus between the parliamentary majority and the opposition, otherwise,...
• Friday, 04 June 2021
  Coalition: A New Constitutional Court Judge Should be Elected through an Inclusive Process
  On July 26, 2021, the term of Tamaz Tsabutashvili, a Constitutional Court judge, will expire. The President of Georgia must appoint a new member of the Court. According to the...
• Tuesday, 18 May 2021
  The Coalition Calls on the Parliament to Start Working on Justice Reform
  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary calls on the Parliament of Georgia to start working on justice system reform promptly and to ensure that the High Council of...
• Monday, 29 March 2021
  The Coalition Reacts to the Announced Changes in the Rule of the Composition of the Supreme Court

  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary reacts to the amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on Common Courts submitted by Anri Okhanashvili, Chairman of the Legal Issues...

• Thursday, 04 March 2021
  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary Reacts to Illegal and Unjustified Court of Appeals Decision Against Transparency International Georgia

  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is concerned about the decision of the Court of Appeals against Transparency International Georgia (TIG), where the Court found the views expressed...

• Monday, 07 December 2020
  The Draft Decree Regulating the Process of Selection of Supreme Court Judicial Candidates by the High Council of Justice is Problematic

  The Coalition is reacting to the draft decree, which was published on the High Council of Justice webpage on December 1, 2020. The decree is supposed to regulate the process...

• Friday, 30 October 2020
  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary Reacts to the XXVIII Extraordinary Judicial Conference
  The XXVIII extraordinary judicial conference is scheduled for October 30, 2020. According to the agenda, the conference is supposed to appoint 2 judge members of the High Council of Justice...