Statements

• 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...
• 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