On September 28, International Right to Know Day is celebrated worldwide. Freedom of information is one of the fundamental rights that should not be violated. September 28 was solemnly proclaimed by representatives of NGOs from all over the world in Sofia as t...
2012-12-26 02:39 See more60 years ago, on December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizing fundamental human rights. GYLA celebrates the Human Rights Day every year on December 10, marking the day with series of events.
2012-12-26 02:38 See moreBased on the recommendation of ECOSOC, on 12 December 1997, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 26 June the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, with a view to eradication of torture and the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, In...
2012-12-26 02:34 See moreOver the years, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association has been working on issues of domestic violence. Currently GYLA is implementing the project Raising Public Awareness on Protection of Women’s Rights, aimed at developing special skills for victims of domestic violence and sharing a...
2012-12-26 02:31 See moreProtection of property rights has been one of the priorities of the work of GYLA for over the years. Frequency and scale of violation of property rights has become a concern of human rights organizations a number of times. Promoting Protection of Property Rights in Anaklia, Mestia an...
2012-12-26 02:30 See moreThroughout the years one of the key priorities of GYLA’s work has been protection of labor rights. The issue became particularly pressing starting from 2006 after the new Labor Code of Georgia came into force. The new legislation basically annulled guarantees for protection of employees,...
2012-12-26 02:28 See moreSince 2009 the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD), Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Safeerworld have been implementing a joint program aimed at providing assistance to public at large in four target regions of Georgia (Samegrelo, Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kar...
2012-12-26 02:24 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) is implementing the project under the auspices of the Judicial Independence and Legal Empowerment Project (JILEP) funded by the USAID and implemented by the East West Management Institute. Duration of the project: December 6, 2010 – Septemb...
2012-12-26 02:22 See moreSince the day of its foundation in 1994, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association has been actively involved in the process of monitoring elections of legislative and executive branches as well as local government bodies. In the monitoring process GYLA permanently observes its neutrality.
2012-12-26 02:18 See morePromotion of transparency and accountability remains to be one of the key directions of GYLA’s activities. In this respect, GYLA continued its work in frames of the project Promotion of Accountability and Transparency in Georgia, funded by the Open Society Institute (OSI). The project was...
2012-12-26 02:16 See more