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2023.07.25

The conference "Georgia's Path to the European Union"

2023 On July 25, Ekaterine Tsimakuridze, head of "Democracy Index - Georgia", was one of the speakers in the panel discussion on judicial reform within the framework of the conference "Georgia's Path to the European Union".

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2023.06.15

New Security Architecture in Europe and its Impact on Georgia - one year since the European Perspective”

On June 15, three organizations - "Civic IDEA", “Democracy Research Institute (DRI)“ and “Democracy Index- Georgia” jointly organized the conference - "New Security Architecture in Europe and its Impact on Georgia - one year since the European Perspective”.

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2023.06.05

Ongoing judicial reforms in Moldova on the way to EU integration

On May 4 the online discussion was conducted: Ongoing judicial reforms in Moldova on the way to EU integration. The event was organized by the Group of Independent Lawyers (GIL), Democracy index – Georgia (DIG) and International Network of Judicial Reformers (INJR), with the support of the USAID Rule of Law Program.

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2023.05.18

Movie screening of the Polish documentary: “Judges Under Pressure”

In 2023, on May 18, a Group of Independent Lawyers, Democracy Index - Georgia, and the Georgian Court Watch organized a screening of the Polish documentary "Judges Under Pressure".

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2023.04.06

Civil society organizations demand investigation against US-sanctioned judges

Civil society organizations are echoing the decision of the US Secretary of State to sanction Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Irakli Shengelia and Valerian Tsertsvadze and are calling on the Georgian authorities to immediately launch an investigation against the sanctioned judges.

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2023.03.29

European Standards of Judicial Governance: From Soft Law Standards to Hard Law**

The article describes the effect of the ever-expanding case-law of ECtHR and the CJEU on domestic judicial design and its connection to judicial independence.

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2023.03.29

Solidarity to Palitra

We, the signatory organizations, are extremely concerned about the ongoing processes surrounding one of Georgia’s oldest and independent media holdings, “Palitra Media”.

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2023.03.27

The Prime Minister Shall Account To And Agree With The Parliament The National Security Policy

Interpellation is a constitutional instrument of control over the government, when a member of the government is obliged to appear before the parliament and publicly answer specific questions of members of Parliament at the plenary session.

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2023.03.14

Developing Fundamentals of Partnership between the Court Administrator and the Chief Judge: Ukrainian Experience

In this article, the author analyzes various models on which the interaction between a Chief Judge and a court administrator is based.

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2023.03.13

The Role of Lay Members of Judicial Councils in Making the Judiciary Independent and Accountable

On February 16th was conducted the online discussion: The Role of Lay Members of Judicial Councils in Making the Judiciary Independent and Accountable which was organized by Group of Independent Lawyers (GIL), Democracy Index - Georgia and International Network of Judicial Reformers (INJR), with the support of the USAID Rule of Law Program.

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