The law of Georgia on the “Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination” was enacted on May 8. The goal of this law is to “eliminate all forms of discrimination and ensure equal enjoyment of the rights, prescribed under the legislation of Georgia, by each natural and legal person, regardless of their race, color, language, gender, age, citizenship, origin, birth place, residence, property or status, religion or beliefs, national, ethnic or social affiliation, profession, marital status, health condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, political or other views or any other characteristics.”
2014-05-10 12:29 See moreOn April 11, 2014, the administrative complaint of the citizens – Kakha Kozhoridze and Dali Mamulashvili was submitted to the Government of Georgia. In their complaint, the citizens requested to revoke the decision of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, which granted the right to the LLC “RMG Gold” to conduct broad-scale works on the archeological site of Sakdrisi-Kachagiani. On May 7, 2014 the authors of the complaint received the notification from the office of the Government of Georgia, informing them that it was decided to refuse to consider the administrative complaint on the motive that “the complaint was submitted by the unauthorized persons.”
2014-05-08 15:01 See moreOn May 6, the CEO of Rustavi 2 - Nika Gvaramia and the employees of the TV channel issued a special statement. According to the CEO, the channel was under the audio and video surveillance. Nika Gvaramia presented the video and audio surveillance footage, recorded in the offices of Gvaramia and Deputy CEO Nino Shubladze, to the media. According to Gvaramia, the video footages were obtained from their informant from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the footages depict the conversations taking place in the offices.
2014-05-07 20:00 See moreWith the Help of the Tbilisi Office of GYLA, Entrepreneur Will Be Reimbursed for the Illegally Seized Goods, Amounting to 77’161.20 GEL Tbilisi office of GYLA provided legal assistance to B. Q. B. Q. is the Individual Entrepreneur (IE), who’s goods, intended for the commercial purposes, were seized based on the tax violation protocol. The Tbilisi Appellate Court recognized the tax violation protocol of the Revenue Service and the tax duty to be invalid and recognized the right of the B. Q. to receive the seized property back.
2014-05-05 11:44 See moreAt the May 1 sitting of the Government of Georgia Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili made insulting statements towards activities of non-governmental organizations involved in This Affects You campaign.
2014-05-01 19:52 See moreAs already known, on April 25 2014, the police detained the elected Governor (Gamgebeli) of Kvareli Municipality and Judo Federation President – Davit Qevkhishvili, along with the three Village Trustees (persons appointed by the Governor) of the Municipality, members of the “Georgian Dream” and other citizens – total of 17 persons. GYLA provided legal representation to five of the detained persons; Davit Qevkhishvili, among others. GYLA published the statement on April 28 in relation to this case.
2014-05-01 13:24 See moreThe International Workers’ Day is celebrated on May 1. The right to work is the essential component of the social rights and relates to the essence of the socially oriented state, the main goal of which is ensuring proper existence of humans. The constitution of Georgia protects the rights of workers, which includes the possibility for individuals to be employed based on their will and according to their capabilities; therefore, not to be subject to coercive, humiliating or degrading work environment.
2014-04-30 18:26 See moreAccording to the Regulations of the Parliament of Georgia, the plenary sessions will not be conducted in the parliament of Georgia for one month prior to the local self-government elections. Therefore, consideration and enactment of the legislative regulations on the covert surveillance may be postponed.
2014-04-29 12:00 See moreOn April 28 2014, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) addressed the Constitutional Court of Georgia, representing six (6) residents of Tbilisi. The residents requested to declare unconstitutional the provisions of the code, which allow only political parties and electoral unions to nominate the mayoral/governor candidates. The NGOs consider that the disputed provisions, creating unequal environment among the party-nominated candidates and the independent candidates violate the right to ban the discrimination, guaranteed under the Article 14 of the Constitution of Georgia.
2014-04-29 10:53 See moreAs already known, on April 25, 2014 the police arrested the elected Governor (Gamgebeli) of the Kvareli Municipality and Judo Federation President – Davit Qevkhishvili. The police also arrested three Village Trustees (persons appointed by the Governor) of the Municipality, “Georgian Dream” members and citizens, total of 17 persons.
2014-04-28 12:37 See more