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Property Rights

Protection of property rights has been one of the priorities of the work of GYLA for over the years. Frequency and scale of violation of property rights has become a concern of human rights organizations a number of times.  Promoting Protection of Property Rights in Anaklia, Mestia an...

2012-12-26 02:30 See more

Young Lawyers for Effective Protection and Promotion of Basic Labor Rights in Georgia

Throughout the years one of the key priorities of GYLA’s work has been protection of labor rights. The issue became particularly pressing starting from 2006 after the new Labor Code of Georgia came into force. The new legislation basically annulled guarantees for protection of employees,...

2012-12-26 02:28 See more

More informed and effective policy on peace, security and stability

Since 2009 the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD), Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Safeerworld have been implementing a joint program aimed at providing assistance to public at large in four target regions of Georgia (Samegrelo, Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kar...

2012-12-26 02:24 See more

Project name: Promoting Judicial Independence and Impartiality in Georgia

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) is implementing the project under the auspices of the Judicial Independence and Legal Empowerment Project (JILEP) funded by the USAID and implemented by the East West Management Institute. Duration of the project: December 6, 2010 – Septemb...

2012-12-26 02:22 See more

Election Projects

Since the day of its foundation in 1994, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association has been actively involved in the process of monitoring elections of legislative and executive branches as well as local government bodies.  In the monitoring process GYLA permanently observes its neutrality.   

2012-12-26 02:18 See more

Promoting Accountability and Transparency in Georgia

Promotion of transparency and accountability remains to be one of the key directions of GYLA’s activities. In this respect, GYLA continued its work in frames of the project Promotion of Accountability and Transparency in Georgia, funded by the Open Society Institute (OSI). The project was...

2012-12-26 02:16 See more

Advocacy and Protection of Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Since December 2010, with the financial support of EU three local NGOs – Association Dea, GYLA and the Human Rights and the 21st Century have been implementing a project for protection of rights of persons with disabilities. Project duration is 15 months and the project activities are car...

2012-12-26 02:13 See more

Georgian Media Legal Defense Center

The Georgian Media Legal Defense Center was founded by the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association in November 2009.    Starting from February 2011, the project has been implemented under the auspices of the IREX G-Media Program, with the involvement of eight o...

2012-12-26 02:11 See more

Prisoners’ Rights

Protection of prisoners’ rights has been one of the top priorities of GYLA for years now. GYLA’s activities in this regard are focused on a number of directions, including providing free legal aid to prisoners and their family members through GYLA’s offices in Tbilisi and in t...

2012-12-26 02:10 See more

The IDP Project

Over the years GYLA has been implementing various projects focusing on protection of IDP rights. Current ongoing projects include Innovative Ways Innovative and Applicable Durable Solutions to Displacement. The project has been funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and...

2012-12-26 02:07 See more