On November 22nd, Government of Georgia introduced in Parliament legislative amendments to the law on government structure, authority and activities and other 110 related laws, which, among other issues, envisioned unification of State Security Servi
As it is known, on 4 November 2017, Amiran Kvirikashvili, 30, residing in the town of Kharagauli, committed suicide. Several days earlier, he was "interrogated" by the local police and forced to admit to unclear criminal offences. We, the u
Transparency International Georgia examined the activities of the fifth convocation of Kutaisi City Council performed during the period from 14 July 2014 until 30 August 2017.Like previous similar studies of activities of former convocations of Tbili
On 22 November, the Government of Georgia presented to the parliament the amendments to the law “On the Structure, Authority and Rules of Operation of the Government of Georgia” and 110 associated laws. Amendments are also made to the law
On October 24, the Georgian Dream unveiled its plan to nominate Nino Lomjaria as new Public Defender. We welcome that in new Ombudsman’s selection the ruling party supported one of the four candidates offered by civil society organization
For many years questions have been raised with respect to the lack of judicial discipline cases despite obvious signs of violations allegedly committed by judges. Reasons can be sought in the general and unforeseeable nature of grounds for judicial d
A bill of amendments to the law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens1 has been initiated in the Parliament of Georgia. Authors/initiators of the bill are members of parliament Gia Zhorzholiani and Simon Nozadze. The amendments
Transparency International Georgia is carrying out an evaluation of the performance of representative bodies in Georgia. On October 19, 2017, the organization published a report on the performance of the Tbilisi City Council. The latest report examin