Project title: Promoting the Accessibility of Judicial acts through Monitoring, Advocating and Litigation

Donor organization: USAID Rule of Law Program

Project number: G-2126-23-211-3047-20

Project Duration: 1 February, 2023 - 30 November, 2023

Grant amount:$ 24,850.00

Project summary

The project aims at ensuring the accessibility of judicial acts through monitoring, advocacy, and strategic litigation. The project activities will be focused on the implementation of the Constitutional Court’s decision of 7 June 2019, the execution of the decision will be monitored, working meetings will be held with the representatives of the Parliament and other relevant stakeholders, an analytical report will be prepared, and applicable legislative amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on Common Courts will be advocated. The project team will also start strategic litigation requesting proactive publication of the court decisions.

Purpose of the project

The overall purpose of the project is to promote the accessibility of judicial acts

Objectives of the project

- Monitoring the implementation of the Constitutional Court’s decision of 7 June 2019;

- Holding working meetings with stakeholders and preparing/advocating relevant recommendations;

- Delivering a report on the availability of the judicial acts, identifying the challenges in legislation and practice;

- Submitting a complaint to the court requesting to publish/disclose judicial acts.

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