Georgia
OSCE partners present Democracy Defenders Award to the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
The award was given to the GYLA for their efforts in protecting democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and due process for Georgians since 1994.
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
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Democracy
ECHR registers case against Georgia’s foreign agent law
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has registered a case against the foreign agent law adopted amidst mass protests in Georgia, according to the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA). The controversial foreign agent law has been sent to the ECHR for review on behalf 136 civil organisations in Georgia, including GYLA, as well as four private Georgian citizens. On Wednesday, GYLA cited six separate articles of the European Convention on Human Rights that the law allegedly violat
censorship
Georgian broadcasters told to remove Zurabishvili attack ads
Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) has ordered broadcasters to stop airing three attack ads aimed at presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili. The commission told broadcasters the adds, one of which calls Zurabishvili a traitor, violate Georgian legislation. On Tuesday, Tamta Muradashvili, a lawyer for opposition-leaning TV channel Rustavi 2, published a letter the station received from the commission on Facebook. The GNCC is the official body regulating broadcast and ele
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Backlash against zero-hour contracts at Georgian Public Broadcaster
The Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) has announced plans to move a large number of their staff to zero-hour contracts. As employees protested the decision, local rights groups have called for parliament to step in. On 9 September, rights groups the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC) put out a joint statement criticising the GPB’s plans. According to them, the new contracts would be ‘especially damaging’ to journalists at the
Freedom of Assembly
GYLA: Freedom of assembly is frequently violated in Georgia
The freedom of peaceful assembly and expression was infringed upon frequently in Georgia in 2015–2016, according to a new publication (Protest deemed a criminal offence) by Georgian human rights group, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA). Despite guarantees in Georgian legislation to the right to peaceful assembly, expressing this right is often accompanied by difficulties in real life. In addition, Georgia’s Administrative Offences Code in its current form fails to meet the requ
