Since December 2010, with the financial support of EU three local NGOs – Association Dea, GYLA and the Human Rights and the 21st Century have been implementing a project for protection of rights of persons with disabilities. Project duration is 15 months and the project activities are car...
2012-12-26 02:13 See moreThe Georgian Media Legal Defense Center was founded by the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association in November 2009. Starting from February 2011, the project has been implemented under the auspices of the IREX G-Media Program, with the involvement of eight o...
2012-12-26 02:11 See moreProtection of prisoners’ rights has been one of the top priorities of GYLA for years now. GYLA’s activities in this regard are focused on a number of directions, including providing free legal aid to prisoners and their family members through GYLA’s offices in Tbilisi and in t...
2012-12-26 02:10 See moreOver the years GYLA has been implementing various projects focusing on protection of IDP rights. Current ongoing projects include Innovative Ways Innovative and Applicable Durable Solutions to Displacement. The project has been funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and...
2012-12-26 02:07 See moreSince 2004 GYLA has been implementing strategic litigation in the European Court of Human Rights, in partnership with the European Human Rights Advocacy Center (EHRAC). GYLA’s lawyers are providing legal consultation to beneficiaries on issues related to human...
2012-12-26 02:06 See moreThroughout years constitutional litigation has been one of the strategic strands of GYLA which greatly contributed to establishment of constitutional practice. Currently the strand of constitutional litigation is funded by the East West Management Institute (EWMI) and the Swedish International De...
2012-12-26 02:03 See moreIn 2012 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association presented its research The Rehabilitation Process Beyond the Façade, most of which focused on involvement of funds established by Tbilisi Government in the process of rehabilitation of historic parts of Tbilisi. This time, GYLA would like to provide public with information about budgetary finances transferred from various funds envisaged by the state budgets of Georgia in 2008-2012 to the legal entity of public law Old City Rehabilitation and Development Fund, established by Tbilisi Government and the legal entity of public law Tbilisi Development Fund. According to the information that GYLA was able to obtain, funds established by Tbilisi Government have been receiving finances from funds envisaged by the state budgets of Georgia in 2008-2012, including the Reserve Fund of the President of Georgia and the fund for projects to be implemented in the regions of Georgia. Further, GYLA was also able to obtain part of the presidential decrees 2009 which was classified as secret according to the president’s administration but nevertheless, they failed to submit to GYLA or to court any documents that would certify that the decrees were indeed classified as secret.
2012-12-26 01:54 See moreAdjara Supreme Council examines the draft on introducing of amendments to the rule of formation of the Supreme Election Commission (SEC). According to the amendments, the tenure of SEC chairman and members will decrease from five to four years. Furthermore, local monitoring organizations that monitored the past elections at Adjara Autonomous Republic become authorized to nominate candidates for SEC membership, whilst authority of current SEC members will be terminated immediately after amendments enter into force.
2012-12-26 01:07 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association marked closing of series of the human rights events with a presentation of the research “Analysis of Criminal and Administrative Cases with Alleged Political Motive. Recent years have been marked with an apparent trend of increase in arrests of opposition party representatives amid strained political situation in Georgia. Subsequently, the question of whether a case has been politically motivated always arises among the public.
2012-12-21 05:44 See moreToday is the deadline for applications for the director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB). We have repeatedly raised concerns about the independence and managerial problems at GPB. We believe that a strong and politically independent Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) can only become a reality if its Board appoints the best qualified candidate as broadcaster's new executive director. The best candidate should be selected based on experience, qualification and the vision he or she offers for a new GPB, not based on loyalty to any political group or network.
2012-12-20 05:10 See more