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2023.09.12

Correcting Miscarriages of Justice in Croatia: Accession and Time-Limited Retention of DNA Profiles in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

We are thrilled to share the article by Andrej Bozhinovksi : "Correcting Miscarriages of Justice in Croatia: Accession and Time-Limited Retention of DNA Profiles in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights”. Andrej Bozhinovski - judicial expert from North Macedonia is a member of our International Network of Judicial Reformers (INJR).

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2023.09.08

Online Discussion: The Role of Independent Judicial Governance in Transitional Democracies

On August 1, 2023, the Group of Independent Lawyers and Democracy Index - Georgia, with USAID Rule of Law Program support, organized an international online discussion on the role of independent judicial governance in Eastern European countries.

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2023.09.05

The Role of Judicial Associations for an Independent and Accountable Judiciary

On July 6, the online discussion: The Role of Judicial Associations for an Independent and Accountable Judiciary was organized by the Group of Independent lawyers (GIL), Democracy Index - Georgia (DIG) and the International Network of Judicial Reformers (INJR), with the support of the USAID Rule of Law Program.

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2023.07.29

Statement of the Group of Independent Lawyers on the election of the independent inspector of the High Council of Justice

The election of Shota Kadagidze, a former member of the High Council of Justice, to the position of independent inspector by the same Council is another confirmation that the judicial power of Georgia is in the hands of one specific influential group.

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2023.07.25

The conference "Georgia's Path to the European Union"

2023 On July 25, Ekaterine Tsimakuridze, head of "Democracy Index - Georgia", was one of the speakers in the panel discussion on judicial reform within the framework of the conference "Georgia's Path to the European Union".

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2023.06.15

New Security Architecture in Europe and its Impact on Georgia - one year since the European Perspective”

On June 15, three organizations - "Civic IDEA", “Democracy Research Institute (DRI)“ and “Democracy Index- Georgia” jointly organized the conference - "New Security Architecture in Europe and its Impact on Georgia - one year since the European Perspective”.

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2023.06.05

Ongoing judicial reforms in Moldova on the way to EU integration

On May 4 the online discussion was conducted: Ongoing judicial reforms in Moldova on the way to EU integration. The event was organized by the Group of Independent Lawyers (GIL), Democracy index – Georgia (DIG) and International Network of Judicial Reformers (INJR), with the support of the USAID Rule of Law Program.

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2023.05.18

Movie screening of the Polish documentary: “Judges Under Pressure”

In 2023, on May 18, a Group of Independent Lawyers, Democracy Index - Georgia, and the Georgian Court Watch organized a screening of the Polish documentary "Judges Under Pressure".

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2023.04.06

Civil society organizations demand investigation against US-sanctioned judges

Civil society organizations are echoing the decision of the US Secretary of State to sanction Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Irakli Shengelia and Valerian Tsertsvadze and are calling on the Georgian authorities to immediately launch an investigation against the sanctioned judges.

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2023.03.29

European Standards of Judicial Governance: From Soft Law Standards to Hard Law**

The article describes the effect of the ever-expanding case-law of ECtHR and the CJEU on domestic judicial design and its connection to judicial independence.

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