Statements

• Tuesday, 17 September 2019
  Assessment of the Working Group Creation Process by the Legal Committee
  The Georgian legislation envisions creation of a Working Group by the Legal Committee in the process of selection of Supreme Court justices. The purpose of the Working Group is to...
• Thursday, 12 September 2019
  The Coalition assesses the process of selection of Supreme Court justices at the High Council of Justice
  On May 10, 2019, the High Council of Justice (HCoJ) commenced the process of selection of Supreme Court judicial candidates to be nominated to the Parliament of Georgia. The process...
• Wednesday, 24 July 2019
  Statement on cases of gender inequality and indirect discrimination at the High Council of Justice (HCoJ)
  The Coalition is responding to the act of protest by Ana Dolidze and Nazi Janezashvili, non-judge members of the High Council of Justice (HCoJ), expressed in temporarily leaving the interviews...
• Wednesday, 17 July 2019
  The Coalition is assessing the ongoing process of selection of Supreme Court judicial candidates
  On May 10, 2019 the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) started the process of selection of Supreme Court judicial candidacies to be submitted to the Parliament of Georgia. The procedure...
• Wednesday, 03 July 2019
  The Parliament of Georgia postponed the activation of the investigative authority of the State Inspector’s Office for the fourth time
  On June 28, 2019 the Parliament supported the bill initiated by MPs Mamuka Mdinaradze, Davit Matikashvili, Anri Okhanashvili, Vano Zardiashvili, Rati Ionatamishvili and Goga Gulordava calling off the activation of...
• Thursday, 20 June 2019
  The Coalition calls for the recusal of two members of the High Council of Justice from the next stages of selection of Supreme Court Justices
  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary responds to the commencement of the selection of Supreme Court Justices and calls on two members of the High Council of Justice...
• Wednesday, 19 June 2019
  The High Council of Justice refuses to release public information concerning judicial candidates for the Supreme Court

  The Coalition is calling on the High Council of Justice to immediately disclose the information submitted by candidates (except for their medical records) and collected by the Council and suspend...

• Monday, 10 June 2019
  The Coalition’s Statement on Developments Related to the State Inspector
  Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary responds to the procedural violations in the competition for the selection of the State Inspector and the failure to provide financial guarantees for...
• 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...