Statements

• Tuesday, 14 May 2019
  The Coalition's Open Letter to the Speaker of the Parliament on the Termination of Authority of Zaza Kharebava, a High Council of Justice Member
  Attention: Mr. Irakli Kobakhidze, Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary Open Letter This statement concerns the Freedom Monitor’s investigative report and information circulated by different...
• Friday, 10 May 2019
  The Coalition is assessing new rules for nomination and selection of Supreme Court justices
  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary reacts to the legislative changes on the selection of Supreme Court justices by presenting a concluding opinion on the content and process...
• Monday, 25 March 2019
  The Coalition's letter to the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODHIR on the draft law on selection of Supreme Court justices

  Today the Coalition held a press conference to present the Coalition's letter to Venice Commission and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR). The letter represents a...

• Wednesday, 27 February 2019
  The Coalition Left the Working Format offered by the Speaker of Parliament of Georgia

  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary has left the Parliamentary Speaker’s working group for designing Supreme Court Justice selection procedures and criteria because the format did not serve...

• Friday, 25 January 2019
  Proposals for Supreme Court Justice Selection Criteria and Procedures

  The Coalition believes that the following principles should be taken into consideration in the process of electing the justices of the highest and final instance of the judiciary

• Wednesday, 09 January 2019
  The Coalition is calling on the Parliament to immediately elaborate rules for the selection of the Supreme Court judges

  The Coalition is calling on the Parliament of Georgia to start working on the amendments to the Organic law on the Common Courts aimed at establishing additional qualification requirements corresponding...

• Thursday, 27 December 2018
  The Coalition’s Address to the Parliament

  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

• Monday, 17 December 2018
  Coalition Considers Legislative Regulation Needed for the Selection Process of Supreme Court Justices and Chairperson
  The new version of the Constitution went into effect at the moment the newly elected President was sworn in. According to it, Supreme Court justices are no longer nominated by...
• Friday, 07 December 2018
  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary Assesses the Prosecution Reform Results

  The Coalition calls on the Parliament to revisit the fundamental reform of the Prosecutor’s Office during the Spring Session, and in the meanwhile to continue working on this topic in...

• Friday, 21 September 2018
  The Coalition Again Calls on the President and the Ruling Party Not to Artificially Hinder the Process of Selecting the Chief Justice

  The Coalition is concerned that the process of selecting the new Chief Justice is suspended until this day