With this statement, we, the members of the queer community and community-based organisations, are responding to the anti-constitutional remarks of the Prime Minister of Georgia[1], which serve to label us along party lines, instrumentalise and exploit us in the name of retaining power. The Prime Minister’s speculative assertion that the queer community is a culturally …

Georgian community-based organizations deem it necessary to respond to the events that have unfolded in Tbilisi from the morning of July 5 and call on the authorities to put an immediate end to the violence. Since the morning of July 5, against the backdrop of a statement by the Prime Minister of Georgia, which alarmingly …

On July 26, 2021, the term of Tamaz Tsabutashvili, a Constitutional Court judge, will expire. The President of Georgia must appoint a new member of the Court. According to the law, the new judge must be appointed from June 26 to July 16. The already weak reputation and trust in the Constitutional Court has recently …

The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary calls on the Parliament of Georgia to start working on justice system reform promptly and to ensure that the High Council of Justice is made up of qualified and trustworthy members. As it is known to the public, one of the key issues of the agreement signed …

“Equality Movement” responds to the homophobic statement made by the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, Tea Tsulukiani on March 30, 2021, in the program “Imedis Dila” on Imedi TV. During the discussion of the funding of the artists, the host of the show mentioned the film “And Then We Danced” as …

The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary reacts to the amendments to the Organic Law of Georgia on Common Courts submitted by Anri Okhanashvili, Chairman of the Legal Issues Committee, and believes that the proposed fragmented changes are completely detached from the current reality. The new initiative does not improve the appointment process and …

Equality Movement is implementing this project with the support of the Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia Activity (PROLoG) carried by the East-West Management Institute with the United States Agency for International Development funding (USAID) funding.

The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is concerned about the decision of the Court of Appeals against Transparency International Georgia (TIG), where the Court found the views expressed in TIG’s study defamatory. If the decision remains in force, freedom of speech and expression and fundamental principles of human rights organizations’ work will be …

Civic platform “No to phobia!” And the „Coalition for Equality“believes that the situation in Georgia in terms of protection of freedom of religion and belief has sharply deteriorated in recent months. The state violates the principles of secularism and equality, the rights of religious minorities, and manifests unequal treatment towards people of different religious beliefs. …