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IDFI’s Assessment of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan for 2018-2019

OGG NAP for 2018-2019 presented by the Government of Georgia lacks ambitious and innovative commitments that could be assessed as important step forward towards establishing open governance and could become an example for other state members of OGP.

Precedential Ruling of ECHR: Access to Information Published Online V. the Right to be Forgotten

On June 28th, 2018 European Court of Human Rights ruled on the case of M.L. and W.W. v. Germany and set the balance between the right to respect one’s private and family life protected by article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and freedom of expression protected by article 10 of the Convention.

Parliament of Georgia Finalizes its Third Open Parliament Action Plan

Seven commitments for the third Open Parliament Action Plan (2018-2019) were discussed by the members of the Permanent Parliamentary Council on Open Governance and its Consultative Group. The event was supported by the European Union (EU), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).

IDFI Presented the Draft Law & Monitoring Results of the Constitutional Court of Georgia

The presentation was attended by representatives of the Georgian Parliament, legal circles and civil society. The event was opened by Levan Avalishvili, Programs Director at IDFI, Eka Beselia, Chairperson of the Legal Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, and Giorgi Chitidze, OSGF Human Rights Program Manager.

IDFI’s Recommendations for Georgia’s 2018-2020 OGP National Action Plan

Unlike previous OGP National Action Plans, the new action plan should be different, ambitious and have a transformative effect. It is important for the commitments of the new action plan to set an example to other countries of the OGP community and, on the other hand, it is vital for the new OGP NAP commitments to have a significant effect on open government locally.

Analysis of Drug-Related Criminal Statistics – Practice and Declared Goals Do Not Match

These problems remain unresolved in 2018, which is exactly why it is interesting to discuss statistical data up to 2018 related to criminal or administrative prosecution for the possession, distribution and use of drugs. In particular, IDFI analyzed statistical data from the MIA from 2013 to 2017.