The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary wants to respond to the recent developments surrounding the Constitutional Court and to the statement of February 29, 2016 of George Papuashvili the President of the Court. Mr. Papuash
The Coalition once again expounds about the “Third Wave” of the Judicial Reform and presents considerations about the updated version of the legislative changes within the reform framework. Primarily we would like to stress that th
On February 10, 2016, the Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary filed a disciplinary complaint against the judges of the Kutaisi City Court and individual judges of other courts in the High Council of Justice of Georgia. The
Yesterday the High Council of Justice made a decision to dismiss Mamuka Khvlediani from the position of the Tbilisi City Court Chair. The dismissal resolution referred to the case assignment decisions made by Mamuka Akhvlediani. T
Metro Georgia, a company running long-distance bus lines from Zugdidi, had to cancel its scheduled Zugdidi-Tbilisi trips due to a 5 day protest organized by local bus and minibus drivers. The protesters demanded Metro Georgia not be allowed to
The “No to Phobia!” civil platform expresses an extremely negative attitude to the draft law initiated in the Parliament of Georgia which envisages introduction of administrative responsibility for insulting religious feelings. We
We, the signatories of this petition, are addressing the High Council of Justice and calling for the immediate suspension of the unfair, nontransparent and unconstitutional process of judicial appointments. We are also addressing executive an
On February 2nd shares were reallocated for the television company Maestro; according to the Georgian Public Registry partners Giorgi Gachechiladze (aka Utsnobi) became the owner of the controlling stake (55%). Gachechiladze acquired shares f
An issue of review of a report by the President of the National Bank in the Parliament has recently become a matter of frequent discussion. Notwithstanding the fact that the Parliament is required to hear a report of the head of the instituti