Last updated: Monday, 18 March 2024
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- The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary shares concerns regarding recent statements from members of the "Georgian Dream" party. These remarks, which seek to discredit judges holding differing opinions, have...
- The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is requesting a working meeting to discuss the implementation of the European Commission’s recommendations concerning the judiciary, more specifically, the timeline, issues,...
- The Coalition reacts to the November 1, 2023 decision of the High Council of Justice (HCoJ), by which Bolnisi District Court judge Nino Giorgadze was refused a life tenure appointment....
- On October 9, the Venice Commission published an unprecedentedly critical opinion regarding the Organic Law of Georgia "On Common Courts." The document evaluates both the June 2023 legislative amendments and...
- Despite several waves of reforms carried out over the years, the Georgian judicial system still faces fundamental challenges and is experiencing a significant crisis of legitimacy and trust. The legislative changes...
- On July 27, the High Council of Justice elected Shota Kadagidze as an Independent Inspector. In 2017-2021, Mr. Kadagidze held the position of a member of the Council.[1] His candidacy...
- On June 13, the Parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on Common Courts in the third reading.[1] The Georgian Dream’s stated purpose of adopting the...
- The Coalition negatively assesses the election of Tristan Benashvili, Giorgi Gzobava, and Zurab Guraspashvili as non-judge members of the High Council of Justice by the ruling party and some members...
- The "Georgian Dream" deliberately prevented the creation of a temporary investigative commission in the Parliament twice, which was supposed to study corruption and other violations in the judicial system. On...
- The US Department of State has imposed personal sanctions on entry into the country on members of an influential group of judges due to their involvement in significant corruption. The...
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