Rule of Law and Human Rights

25 April 2024

The non-governmental and media organizations suspend cooperation formats with the government until the Russian Law is dropped

Yes to Europe! No to the Russian law!

17 April 2024

Coalition: Judges Must Protect the Rights of Peaceful Protestors Arrested at the Rally

The Coalition for Independent and Transparent Judiciary calls upon the relevant judges of the common courts to uphold the constitutional rights of citizens arrested during the peaceful assembly against Russian law.

14 April 2024

Partisan pressure on public service employees must end

On April 13, an audio recording was released, which once again confirms the government's pressure on public service employees

8 April 2024

More than 400 organisations: Yes - to Europe, no - to Russian law!

We, the Georgian media and non-governmental organizations, vehemently oppose the Russian law reintroduced by the authorities.

7 April 2024

WE Call on the Leaders of "Georgian Dream" to Explain to the Georgian People Whether They Were Instructed to Act in Favor of the Interest of a Foreign State

Georgian public have learned that the representatives of the party introducing the "Russian Law", have been working in organizations funded by the USA and the European Union for decades.

6 April 2024

The Coalition Reacts to the Suspension of the Monitoring of the Judges' Assets by the Anti-Corruption Bureau

The court decision to suspend the process of examination of the judges' assets provides additional evidence justifying the need for the introduction of an extraordinary mechanism of integrity checks.

5 April 2024

The Judges Suspended the Process of Monitoring of Their Asset Declarations by the Anti-Corruption Bureau Through the Court

On April 4, it became known to us that the Tbilisi City Court suspended the process of monitoring the asset declarations of four judges.

29 March 2024

Accessibility of Judicial Acts: Progress and Key Challenges

As a result of IDFI's successful strategic litigation and long-term advocacy, in June 2023, the Parliament adopted legislative amendments that substantially improved the accessibility of judicial acts adopted at the open session at the normative level, and January 01, 2024, was set as the date of entry into force of the amendments.

29 March 2024

IDFI Hosted Presentation on Report Highlighting Accessibility of Judicial Acts

On March 29, 2024, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), supported by the USAID Rule of Law Program, held a presentation to discuss the progress and key challenges regarding the accessibility of judicial acts in Georgia.

15 March 2024

We call on the authority to stop the campaign of discrediting judges with a dissenting opinion

After granting the candidate status to Georgia, The European Commission defined the implementation of judicial system reform as one of the preconditions.