On September 19, the Ministry of Finance responded to a statement by Transparency International (TI) Georgia regarding the Government's legislative initiative currently being discussed in the Parliament. According to the draft law, t
The Parliament of Georgia adopted a government initiated legislative proposal to amend the Criminal Procedure Code on September 18. According to the proposed amendment, the countrywide introduction of jury trials will be postponed until October 1, 20
We, the signatory organizations, once again express concern over incidents of intolerance displayed relating to the opening of the Muslim boarding school in Kobuleti. We urge the authorities to immediately take necessary measures to protect
The undersigned organizations are concerned about the pollarding of trees in Freedom Square, which we believe is related to construction activities planned within the Tbilisi Panorama project. The green cover, and especially large trees, is essential
The public has recently been witness to a conflict between two branches of the government. This conflict is undermining the Constitution and preventing the President from fulfilling his role as it is defined therein. Moreover, it illustrates t
The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia has developed the draft Law on Post, which introduces economically unsubstantiated state regulation on this segment of the market:The regulations proposed by the draft law directly
With this statement we react to reports on recent illegal dismissals of civil servants from Tbilisi City Hall and pressure on them leave their jobs. As they have themselves reported, since early August 2014, together with other employees of Tbilisi C
On September 15 the world marks the International Day of Democracy. On this occasion, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) has launched its first-ever Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW), which aims to connect a range of legislative openness act
Transparency International (TI) Georgia would like to express its concern regarding instances of police officers restricting citizens from recording recent publicly performed law enforcement raids. Restrictions are applied without any explanation and
Recent media reports of murders and crimes have caused great public concern and created an impression that the number of serious crimes is on the rise. Responses provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to questions posed by the media and public