We issue this statement in reaction to the new regulations of military voting proposed by the government. We welcome that the draft amendments unveiled by the government abolish the possibility to create special electoral precincts in military units and regulate various matters of military voting in more detail. However, the new regulations substantially fail to remedy the problems in military voting. Military workers who are not registered at their place of deployment will still be able to participate in majoritarian elections, meaning that the risk of manipulating with military votes will remain intact.
2016-01-27 11:50 See moreWe issue this statement in reaction to the announcement made by the Prime Minister of Georgia during his meeting with the inter-faction group of the non-parliamentary opposition, according to which a political decision to abolish the so-called “special precincts” has been made.
2016-01-25 19:45 See moreThe following NGOs – International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Transparency International – Georgia, - refuse to accept the offer of the Defense Ministry to visit a special electoral precinct few days ahead of the elections. The special electoral precinct has been established to allow military workers to participate in Gamgebeli by-elections scheduled to be held on January 28.
2016-01-24 13:49 See moreWe, non-governmental organizations comprising the “No to Phobia!” civil platform, condemn the violent action and Armenophobic attitudes displayed by Tamaz Mechiauri, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Parliament of Georgia. We believe that representatives of the authorities have an obligation of high tolerance toward any form of public protest, while their public assessments are an object of public interest, which obligates them to refrain from any such expression that contains xenophobic content.
2016-01-23 13:30 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association in conjunction with a partner organization, European Human Rights Advocacy Center filed in European Court of Human Rights on behalf of 10 participants of No to Panorama rally.
2016-01-20 17:25 See moreAccording to media reports, current and former journalists of Tabula (Irakli Kiknavelidze, Levan Sutidze, Nino Macharashvili and Avto Koridze) were attacked by several unknown individuals and assaulted verbally and physically, destroying inventory of the restaurant where the incident occurred.
2016-01-14 16:53 See moreIn December 2015, the CEC announced a competition for recruiting DEC members, with the aim of selecting highly qualified individuals to fill 193 vacancies in 65 district election commissions. DEC members will be selected gradually, From January 12 through February 6, 2016. Candidates will be selected for the term of five years and they will be involved in free and fair administration of parliamentary, presidential and local self-government elections in 2016-2018.
2015-12-30 13:44 See moreGYLA releases the present statement in relation to recent developments around Old Batumi Boulevard. It has been officially reported that Batumi Boulevard Administration started working on the concept of development of the boulevard.
2015-12-29 13:10 See moreOn December 22, 2015, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association presented a research on Unregulated Secret Public Procurement. The research identified a few important circumstances:
2015-12-22 15:59 See moreThe Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Justice was closely observing the process of selection of candidates for the 61 vacant judicial positions taking place at the High Council of Justice. We would like to voice our findings and once again indicate the significant gaps revealed during the interviews with the candidates. On the one hand, these gaps make the judicial selection process unreliable and on the other hand, they raise important questions on whether the process is objective and free of political bias.
2015-12-21 13:37 See more