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2023.03.14

Developing Fundamentals of Partnership between the Court Administrator and the Chief Judge: Ukrainian Experience

In this article, the author analyzes various models on which the interaction between a Chief Judge and a court administrator is based.

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2023.03.13

The Role of Lay Members of Judicial Councils in Making the Judiciary Independent and Accountable

On February 16th was conducted the online discussion: The Role of Lay Members of Judicial Councils in Making the Judiciary Independent and Accountable which was organized by Group of Independent Lawyers (GIL), Democracy Index - Georgia and International Network of Judicial Reformers (INJR), with the support of the USAID Rule of Law Program.

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2023.02.22

From Bar to Bench: Six Years

Tomáš Rychlý It has been six years since I joined the Czech Supreme Administrative Court ("SAC"). I take (again) this opportunity to briefly look back and attempt to summarise in short notes my experience and the differences between the professions of an attorney and a judge (as I see them).

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2023.02.21

Russian Law is not the will of Georgia

We, the people of Georgia, strongly oppose the bill initiated by the members of the Parliamentary Majority, also endorsed by the Speaker of Parliament and other MPs. We declare that the attempts to adopt this Russian bill attack not only the independent civil society organizations and the critical media, but the people of Georgia themselves.

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2023.02.20

WE CALL ON THE BUREAU OF THE PARLIAMENT TO REFUSE TO START CONSIDERATION OF THE "PEOPLE'S POWER" INITIATIVE

The purpose of the draft law, initiated by the "People's Power", is to put pressure on the civil organizations and media supported by the strategic partners of the Georgian state - to label them as "agents of a foreign country", suppress the public's voice, and significantly limit public control over the governing bodies.

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2022.12.27

NGO-s welcome the initiative to launch an investigative commission regarding the current situation in the court and call upon the Parliament of Georgia to support it.

On September 22, 2022, non-governmental organizations and public groups appealed to the Parliament of Georgia to create an investigative commission to study the current situation in the judicial system.

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2022.12.16

THE GROUP OF INDEPENDENT LAWYERS ISSUES A STATEMENT REGARDING THE FAILURE TO PRESENT MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI TO THE COURT HEARING

As it became known to the public, a court hearing was scheduled for December 14, 2022, to consider the issue of a postponement of the sentence or release of the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili.

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2022.12.07

Public Access to Court Documents

On November 24, 2022 with the support of USAID Rule of Law Program, the Group of Independent Lawyers and Democracy Index - Georgia hosted an online discussion: Public Access to Court Documents. Presenters from Georgia, United States, Germany, Ukraine and Moldova overviewed the situation existing in their countries, answered the questions from the participants, which was later followed by the discussion.

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2022.11.07

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION BILL FULFILLS ONLY ONE OF THE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The anti-corruption bill package initiated by the Legal Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia (№07-3/259/10) can ensure the implementation of one of the five priorities provided for in the 4th recommendation of the European Commission, while the other four will remain unfulfilled.

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2022.09.08

The parliamentary opposition, represented by "Democracy Index - Georgia" and members of the Group of Independent Lawyers, are challenging the amendments to the organic law "On Common Courts" in the Constitutional Court

In December 2021, the Parliament hurriedly amended the Organic Law “On Common Courts”. The amendments violate the constitutional rights of judges, limit the guarantees of independence of individual judges, and increase the leverage for the influential ruling group in the court to pressurize individual judges.

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