Georgia drops controversial blasphemy law
By Commonspace.eu and Agencies commonspace.eu The sponsor of a controversial law which would have outlawed “insult of religious feelings” in Georgia has withdrawn the bill, [more >>>]
Georgia – Human Rights
Georgia’s Public Defender outlines problems on Human Rights Day
By DOMINIK. K. CAGARA Democracy & Freedom Watch TBILISI, DFWatch–On December 10, the International Human Rights Day, the Public Defender as usual published a brief [more >>>]
Georgia’s Human Rights Parliamentary Committee Gives Tentative Support to Parliament Quotas for Women
civil.ge Parliamentary committee for human rights gave a go-ahead to formal initiation of a bill, which, if approved, would set mandatory quotas for women to [more >>>]
Those Who Sew Do Not Reap Profit
By NINO BAKRADZE Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) You don’t have to go to Southeast Asia to find sweatshops where workers toil under [more >>>]
Georgia: overcoming ‘polarisation’ to continue democratic development
Parliamentary Assembly, CoE (PACE) During a plenary debate, the Assembly applauded all the political forces in Georgia for the handover of power which occurred “peacefully [more >>>]
U.S., UK, Dutch Embassies’ Statement on Local Elections
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 16 Jun.’14 The strong performance by opposition parties and second round runoffs in several municipalities and cities in “a successful and [more >>>]
Georgia: Rapporteurs express concern about withdrawal of opposition candidates for local elections
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics [more >>>]
UN Human Rights Chief Sums Up Georgia Visit
Civil.ge – 22 May 2014 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, who visited Georgia this week, hailed country’s “wide-ranging” and “thorough” human rights [more >>>]
Swedish Aid Agency, Georgia Sign 7-Year Cooperation Agreement
Civil.ge The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Georgia signed on May 20 a new cooperation agreement for the period of 2014-2020. It is [more >>>]
NDI-Commissioned Public Opinion Survey
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 5 May.’14 A public opinion survey, which was commissioned by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and fielded between March 26 and [more >>>]