Jamlat Gvidiani

About the lawyer

Constitutional law and the international protection of human rights are at the centre of Jamlat Gvidiani's work. Gvidiani has drafted a number of constitutional claims and applications to the European Court of Human Rights and also handles matters before UN treaty bodies - the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The lawyer is specialised in children's rights.

Within civil and administrative law, Gvidiani takes on matters of citizenship and migration, civil status records, registration of land and other real estate, construction, family and inheritance. Total work experience in state institutions and the private sector amounts to 15 years.

Gvidiani received a Bachelor of Law from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) in 2010 and a master's degree from Georgian Technical University in 2013, and in 2014 earned a Master of German Law (LL.M.) in Cologne. Since 2022 Gvidiani has been a doctoral student in law at Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University, and in 2023-2024 was a visiting researcher at the European Academy for the Protection of Human Rights at the University of Cologne. A scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) was awarded twice.

Gvidiani has presented papers at academic conferences and research projects in Georgia, Germany and the USA, including at ICLRS (University of Notre Dame, USA). The lawyer is the author of up to 10 academic works and has attended about 30 seminars and trainings, at some of them as co-presenter. Gvidiani works in Tbilisi in Georgian, Russian, English and German.

Typical cases

• Constitutional claims
• Applications to the European Court of Human Rights
• Communications to UN committees
• Children's rights
• Citizenship and migration
• Land registration
• Construction matters
• Family and inheritance disputes

Education and qualifications

Georgian Bar Association register: civil law
Additional specialization: children's rights (civil cases)

2010 - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Bachelor of Law
2013 - Georgian Technical University, Master of Law
2014 - LL.M. zu Köln, Master of German Law (Cologne)
2022 - Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University School of Law, doctoral student
2023-2024 - European Academy for the Protection of Human Rights, University of Cologne, visiting researcher
DAAD scholarship holder (2014, 2023-2024)