Rule of Law, Human Rights and Freedom of Media

Civil Society Organizations Presented a Documentation Report on Severe and Systemic Human Rights Violations Committed since November 2024

The report concerns severe and systemic human rights violations that occurred from November 28, 2024, to February 28, 2025, with the aim of suppressing peaceful and legitimate protests.

Joint Statement by Civil Society Organizations On the Occasion of Europe Day

Georgia’s European path is not a choice of any particular government, it is the sovereign choice of the Georgian people. Therefore, we as representatives of civil society remain firmly committed to continuing our efforts to uphold our shared European values and to secure Georgia’s place within the European Union.

Accessibility of Judicial Acts in cases of high public interest

 The importance of transparency in justice and accessibility of judicial acts for excluding selective and biased justice and for establishing public trust toward the court has been confirmed by the Constitutional Court of Georgia. 

The Suspension of Visa Liberalization Serves the Interests of Ivanishvili and Russia, Not the Georgian People

Visa liberalization is a victory of the Georgian people! It is the result of their relentless struggle against Russia, years of hard work, and a firm choice in favor of the West—not of a government that today works against Georgia’s future and in favor of Russia’s interests.

Massive Surveillance of Protesters and Inadequate Response of the Personal Data Protection Service

In this context, IDFI focuses on one of the visible forms of political repression—financial repression—and the use of the infrastructure and video-analytical capabilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), as well as the LEPL Public Safety Command Center - 112, to implement it.

GYLA, IDFI, and Rights Georgia presented a written submission within the framework of the OSCE Vienna Mechanism.

The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, the Institute for the Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), and Rights Georgia have submitted an alternative report under the OSCE Vienna Mechanism, addressing challenges related to the investigation of torture and ill-treatment of protest participants in Georgia since November 2024.

An Illegitimate Government Adopts the Georgian People’s Repression Act

We inform the public that the illegitimate parliament continues to act against the Georgian people. In the coming days, Georgian Dream intends to adopt, through an expedited process, legislative changes that would prohibit Georgia’s friendly countries and international organizations from providing support to Georgian citizens without the Georgian government’s approval.

Statement on the UK’s decision on sanctioning the influential judges for bargaining justice

The European Court of Human Rights has begun considering the application lodged by the Non-Governmental and media organizations regarding the “Russian law”

The European Court of Human Rights has informed us that it has begun examining the application lodged against the “Russian law” and has asked the state relevant questions. The court has started considering the case in relation to all the articles that the applicants have complained about.

Ivanishvili’s FARA is against Georgian media and NGOs

Now Ivanishvili’s government claims it will initiate a direct translation of the FARA adopted in the USA in 1938. The FARA operating in the USA does not oppose the activities of independent NGOs and free media, while Ivanishvili’s illegitimate government wants to repackage the Russian law adopted against the civil sector.