We, the signatory organizations, assess the developments that took place before the planned ‘Stop Russia’ rally in front of the Government Chancellery on July 18 as unjustified interference with the right to assembly and expression. The right t

On 7 July 2015 Venice Commission, Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) issued a preliminary joint opinion on the draft amendments to the Law on Prosecutor’

On the 10th of July 2015, near the village of Orchosani and the territory of Tsitelubani-Khurvaleti, Russian occupation forces shifted the border of South Ossetia by several hundred meters into Georgian-controlled territory, alarming Georgia’s

Excessive concentration of power in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has always been subject to criticism. A comprehensive reform and depoliticizing of the Ministry was one of the election promises of the Georgian Dream. In the beginning of 201

 Today at the state legislature in Tbilisi, Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) presented the assessment of the work of the Georgian Parliament in 2014.TI Georgia’s 2014 report on the performance of the Parliament is based on informa

The radical public procurement reforms in the last five years have made the Georgian system one of the most transparent in the world. TI Georgia and a number of international organizations have praised the system. Nonetheless, a public procurement sy

 We, the signatory organizations, express our utmost concern about an ethnically motivated incident of ill-treatment in a police station, which is shown in footage disseminated by the media yesterday evening. A lot of international treaties, as

  Our appeal to you concerns the draft law registered with Parliament by the Government initiative that concerns separation of the Security Services from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Pursuant to the decision of the Parliament Bureau, the fi

In order to prevent future instances of corruption and end any current ones, Georgia urgently needs to reform its policies regarding the verification of asset declarations. Currently, Georgia has a system for public disclosure of the assets of public

  On 19-20 June, TI Georgia, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) and the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) are attending the Venice Commission Plenary Session where the draft amendments to the law on Prosecut