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„მაუწყებლობის შესახებ“ საქართველოს კანონით „სამართლიანობა და მიუკერძოებლობა“ საკმაოდ ფართოდ განისაზღვრება. ამ მოტივით კომისიას შეუძლია თითქმის ნებისმიერი მედია მაუწყებელი „დასაჯოს“. 

10.07.2026
Unprecedented Growth in the Prison Population and the Crisis of Release Mechanisms

Georgia's criminal justice policy has shifted markedly towards repressive justice, pushing the country's penitentiary system to the brink of critical overcrowding.

10.06.2026
The case “Tsibakhashvili and Others” has been registered at the European Court of Human Rights

New Cases Submitted by the Democracy Research Institute Registered at the European Court of Human Rights have been registered.

15.04.2026
DRI: Information released by a former judge requires independent and impartial investigation

DRI echoes the video recording released on October 2, in which former judge Besarion Alavidze speaks about numerous facts of threats/pressure exerted against him.

03.10.2025
Threats, intimidation and political control by the head of the State Security Service against freedom of expression

The new head of the State Security Service, Mamuka Mdinaradze, made a number of threatening statements in an interview with Imedi TV on October 1.

02.10.2025
DRI: Georgian Dream against the interests of the country and its attempt to destroy state institutions

Georgian Dream is deliberately repeating the established practice of authoritarian regimes.

21.05.2025
DRC – The authorities continue harmonizing Georgian laws with Russian legislation

Mikheil Kavelashvili signed about seven laws restricting freedom of assembly and expression, right to a fair trial, inviolability of private life, personal security and non-discrimination.

08.01.2025
The Constitutional Court of Georgia failed to fulfill its duty

The decision of the Constitutional Court not to suspend Russian Law lacks legal justification, does not take into account the legal conclusions. 

09.10.2024
DRI: The right to a fair trial is being violated in relation to the case of Lazare Grigoriadis
Today, Tbilisi City Court will announce its final judgement relating to the case of Lazare Grigoriadis, who was arrested during the protests against the Russian law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence". 
08.04.2024
DRI files a constitutional lawsuit regarding the criminal norm relating to the damage/destruction of another person's property committed by a group

The Democracy Research Institute has filed a constitutional lawsuit with the Constitutional Court. The normative content of Article 187, part 2, subparagraph c, of the Criminal Code and the non-alternative punishment provided for it, are inconsistent with the Constitution.

21.03.2024