1. With the help of GYLA, a citizen was received pecuniary compensation With legal aid provided by GYLA’s lawyer, Tbilisi City Court’s Board of Civil Cases granted the claim of T.L. seeking pecuniary compensation pursuant to the Law of Georgia on the Recognition of Status as a Victim of Political Repression for Georgia Citizens and Social Protection for the Oppressed. The claim was granted in part by court by ordering the Ministry of Finance of Georgia to award T.L. with a combined pecuniary compensation of GEL 500.
2013-02-15 03:08 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and Transparency International Georgia released monitoring report of the High Council of Justice. The report covers the period of March-December 2012, when monitoring was carried out on judges’ appointments, their transfers, disciplinary proceedings and transparency of activities of the High Council of Justice.
2013-02-12 08:44 See moreOn February 11, 2013, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association held presentation of the report of monitoring pre-election environment, the Election Day and the post-election period. The report covers the results of monitoring from August 1 through October 20, 2012 (GYLA started monitoring of pre-election processes much earlier, on January 1, 2012, and evaluated the pre-election environment in two interim reports).
2013-02-11 08:45 See moreThe International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, Transparency International – Georgia, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Open Society – Georgia Foundation condemn the acts of violence during protest rally outside the National Library.
2013-02-09 00:41 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) responds to the controversy about the president’s annual address in the parliament. During yesterday’s sitting of the bureau of the parliament the Speaker of the Parliament explained the following: “The annual report of the President, scheduled in the Parliament for tomorrow, was postponed. The President will have opportunity to exercise his right under the Constitution; however, it is the position of the majority to let it happen after the appropriate decision will be made concerning the Constitutional changes or the president and his team will clearly and expressly articulate their position about giving back to the parliament the right that it is entitled to.”
2013-02-08 07:27 See moreSince 2012 GYLA has been implementing a coalition project Identification of Cases of Elite Corruption and Government Pressure on Business in Georgia. On February 7, 2012, GYLA held a presentation of the following two researches in frames of the project – Tbilisi City Hall Project Kiosks Throughout the City and the Overview of Activities of Non-Profit (Non-Commercial) Legal Persons Founded by Local Self-Governments.
2013-02-08 02:11 See moreGYLA continues publishing information about spending of funds from the reserve funds envisaged by the stage budget of Georgia. This time, we would like to provide public with information about spending from the Reserve Fund of the Government of Georgia following the 2012 parliamentary elections.
2013-02-06 07:57 See moreToday, at the opening of the spring session of the Parliament of Georgia, we would like to remind to the legislative authorities and other stakeholders about procedural gaps that emerged during the last session of the parliament. It is important that future activities of the parliament are in full conformity with the regulations. Further, legislation must provide for high standards for openness of the parliament and for public engagement in the activities of the parliament.
2013-02-05 05:34 See moreTo: Mr. Archil Khabadze Chairperson Adjara A/R Government
2013-02-04 01:56 See moreThe NGOs believe that acts of torture and inhuman treatment that occurred throughout the recent years in the penitentiary system remain unresponded. After videos showing acts of torture and ill-treatment in penitentiary facilities were made public last year in September, the NGOs have highlighted that ill-treatment and investigation of ill-treatment was a systemic problem that the Public Defender as well as NGOs have attempted to tackle throughout the years. The video material made public was one of the examples of the systemic problem. Therefore, in addition to other requirements, NGOs have also demanded independent, objective and effective probe into all cases that involved torture and ill-treatment, including into the cases shown on the video tapes. Further, we also proposed to confer the mandate of investigating to a public prosecutor who would enjoy public trust and would utilize humane and technical resources at its disposal to focus on investigation of torture and ill-treatment; and lastly, to set up within the public prosecutor a board manned by relevant professionals – lawyers, doctors and psychologists, to ensure active engagement and monitoring of public. The board would interview prisoners throughout Georgia, collect evidence and provide it to the public prosecutor.
2013-02-04 00:48 See more