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. …

Equality Movement presents the annual report of the organization. In 2020 Equality Movement has been working in three main strategic directions: Providing LGBTQ community with social and medical services; Mobilizing and supporting the social integration of LGBTQ community; Forming a supportive environment for empowering LGBTQ community in Georgia Due to the pandemic of COVID-19 Equality …

The Coalition is reacting to the draft decree, which was published on the High Council of Justice webpage on December 1, 2020. The decree is supposed to regulate the process of selection of Supreme Court judges by the High Council of Justice. The Coalition believes that the proposed rules do not ensure an open and …

Equality Movement joins the campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” in order to raise awareness of gender-based violence and women’s rights in Georgia. Achieving the gender equality still remains a challenge in Georgia. The numbers of the cases of gender-based discrimination and violence are alarming. We believe that equality can be achieved by …

Georgia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Georgia’s Criminal Code includes general and specific penalty enhancement provisions for hate crimes, as well as substantive offenses. Georgia’s data do not report cases of discrimination and persecution separately. The data published today show that in many countries there are mechanisms in place to record and collect …

The XXVIII extraordinary judicial conference is scheduled for October 30, 2020. According to the agenda, the conference is supposed to appoint 2 judge members of the High Council of Justice of Georgia, including the Council Secretary. The positions of judge members and Secretary became vacant when Giorgi Mikautadze was elected as the Chair of the …

Despite simplified legislative procedures, you may face a number of problems at various stages, often resulting in unjustified denial. After the decision enters into force, the residence permit seekers are forced to leave the country. The Equality Movement has prepared a booklet summarizing the challenges and barriers you will face in Georgia if you want …