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Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association Responds to Dismissal of Employees of the National Agency of Public Registry

Several different news agencies have reported about dismissal of the following three employees of the National Agency of Public Registry, department of legal services – Imedi Arjevanidze, Manana Natroshvili and Mukhran Burchuladze. According to these reports, they were informed on March 18, 2013, upon their arrival at work that they no longer worked at the agency.  

2013-03-20 03:24 See more

Tbilisi City Court Suspended the Competition at Public Broadcaster

Tbilisi City Court admitted a lawsuit filed by former director of Public Broadcaster, Giorgi Baratashvili, seeking annulment of the March 4, 2013 decision of the Board of Trustees and compensation for lost wages. 

2013-03-15 02:21 See more

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2013-03-14 05:06 See more

GYLA Calls for Revision of the Draft Law that Regulates Sentencing

GYLA is addressing the parliament of Georgia with regard to a draft law replacing the consecutive sentencing by concurrent sentencing. GYLA welcomes liberalization of criminal justice policy; however, it believes that several important issues remain in the draft law that need to be further improved. 

2013-03-14 02:16 See more

Successful Cases in February

With GYLA’s assistance, heir apparent of a victim of political repressions will receive pecuniary compensation With the legal aid from the lawyer of GYLA’s office in Tbilisi, N.S.’s claim filed in court was granted by Tbilisi City Court’s board of administrative cases. Based on Declaration of Citizens of Georgia as Victims of Political Repression and on Social Protection of the Repressed, GYLA’s lawyer filed for pecuniary compensation. The claim was granted in part by the court by ordering the Ministry of Finance of Georgia to provide entire of GEL 400 in pecuniary compensation in favour of N.S.

2013-03-12 04:08 See more

GYLA Calls on Public Agencies to Elaborate Transparent and Objective Regulations for Providing Salary Bonuses

Providing salary bonuses to public servants has been closed to public recently. Althogh following the 2012 parliamentary elections, majority of public agencies provided access to the information, certain problems remain. In this light, following the 2012 parliamentary elections NGOs and media outlets have reported about provision of salary bonuses in public agencies on a number of occasions (including provision of bonuses in the ministries, the Government Chancellary and the parliament in November-December, 2012). Consequently, GYLA deems it expedient to update public on further developments. 

2013-03-11 06:18 See more

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, Transparency International – Georgia and Georgian Lawyers for Independent Profession Respond to the Information Released about Recommendations of the Venice Commission

Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), Transparency International – Georgia and Georgian Lawyers for Independent Profession welcome recommendations of the Venice Commission about the draft law elaborated by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia for reforming justice system in Georgia.  

2013-03-11 02:43 See more

Statement of the Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Justice in response to the meeting between Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili and Supreme Court Chairman of Georgia Kote Kublashvili

The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Justice responds to the meeting between Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili and Supreme Court Chairman of Georgia Kote Kublashvili.

2013-03-07 06:16 See more

Promoting well managed migration between EU and Georgia

December 2012 – May 2015    Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association/GYLA in cooperation with the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development implements the EU funded project Promoting well managed migration between EU and Georgia. The overall...

2013-03-07 01:14 See more

Promoting well managed migration between EU and Georgia

December 2012 – May 2015    Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association/GYLA in cooperation with the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development implements the EU funded project Promoting well managed migration between EU and Georgia. The overall...

2013-03-07 01:13 See more