Statements

• Monday, 13 April 2020
  Statement on the Closure of Court Hearings in Common Courts of Georgia and Other Related Problems under a State of Emergency
  On March 13, 2020, prior to the declaration of a state of emergency, the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) adopted recommendations to prevent spreading of the Novel Coronavirus. The recommendations...
• Friday, 13 March 2020
  The Coalition’s Statement on Nominating Nino Kadagidze as the Chair
  On March 10, 2020, the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) nominated Nino Kadagidze to the Parliament as a candidate for the Chair position. She was one of those 10 candidates...
• Friday, 06 March 2020
  The Coalition Statement on Deficiencies of Judicial Disciplinary Proceedings
  The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is reacting to important deficiencies of the judicial disciplinary proceedings, which have a negative effect on judicial independence and undermine public trust...
• Monday, 20 January 2020
  The Coalition Criticizes the Independent Inspector’s Selection Process
  After electing the previous Independent Inspector as a Supreme Court justice, the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) announced a competition for selecting the new Independent Inspector.[1] The period of December...
• Tuesday, 14 January 2020
  The Coalition is reacting to the process of selection of candidates for the position of Prosecutor General
  On December 12, the Parliament of Georgia confirmed Shalva Tadumadze, at the time Prosecutor General, for the position of a Supreme Court judge. In cases where the Prosecutor General’s authority...
• Wednesday, 11 December 2019
  Assessment of the Hearings of Supreme Court Judicial Candidates at the Parliament Legal Committee
  In December, 2018, the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) nominated 10 Supreme Court judicial candidates selected through a non-transparent procedure. This caused a public outcry, which obstructed an attempt of...
• Wednesday, 11 December 2019
  Letter to the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  To: Mr. Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association On behalf of the Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary,[1] we...
• Monday, 09 December 2019
  The Acting Chief Justice is violating the Law
  According to the Constitution, the Supreme Court appoints three out of the nine members of the Constitutional Court.[1] It was through this procedure, that Constitutional Court Justice Maia Kopaleishvili, whose...
• Monday, 11 November 2019
  The Coalition’s Opinion on the Proposed Amendments to the Organic Law on Common Courts
  On June 12, 2019 the bill known as the fourth wave of judicial reforms was submitted to the Parliament. The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary considers that, among...
• Thursday, 24 October 2019
  Pursuant to Rule 9(2) and Rule 15(2) to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe with respect to the cases of Giorgi Bekauri and others v. Georgia (application no. 312/10) (Tsintsabadze Group of Cases)

  The Coalition submitted a communication on the execution of ECtHR judgments to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers. The communication discusses problems of execution in the Tsintsbadze Group of...