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Representatives of eight member states of the OSCE Permanent Council presented the Democracy Defender Award to the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA). The award was given to GYLA for its outstanding efforts in promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in

🎉Congratulations to GYLA for winning this year's #DemocracyDefenderAward for their work to protect #democracy, #humanrights, the rule of law and due process. 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇲🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸&🇨🇭believe civil society is an essential component of comprehensive security in the OSCE region.

Today, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association GYLA received the 2025 Democracy Defender Award! They’ve championed democracy and the human rights of Georgians for over 30 years. Canada, Denmark, Montenegro, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and USA honor them, 50 years

This year’s #DemocracyDefenderAward goes to GYLA 🇬🇪for their work to protect #democracy, #humanrights, the rule of law and due process. Congratulations GYLA! 🇬🇧🇨🇭🇲🇪🇸🇪🇨🇦🇳🇱🇺🇸🇩🇰 believe civil society remains an essential component of security in the OSCE region.

📢 GYLA , IDFI , and Rights Georgia have submitted an alternative report to the OSCE Vienna Mechanism, highlighting systemic issues in the investigation of torture and ill-treatment of protest participants in Georgia since November 2024. 📌 The report outlines:

This year’s #DemocracyDefenderAward went to GYLA for their work to protect  #democracy, #humanrights, the rule of law and due process. Congratulations! Civil society remains an essential component of security in the OSCE region. 📍The #DemocracyDefenderAward was established

Here is our recap of the 2025 Democracy Defender Seminar & Award hosted by Sweden in the OSCE 🇸🇪 at Schwedenhaus! Voices like Polina Kurakina of OVD-Info English, Dave Elseroad from Human Rights House Foundation, and Andrea Strasser of IPHR laid out challenges to democracy and shared bold ideas for

GYLA has prepared a study titled “Assessment of Ongoing Legal Proceedings in Georgian Courts in Light of the Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.” 📌The study analyzes 48 cases in which the European Court of Human Rights has found violations of fundamental rights by

Earlier this morning, GYLA took her case to the European Court of Human Rights—alleging multiple rights violations. The world is watching.

⚖️ Today, 28 April, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Mzia Amaglobeli - founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, who is unlawfully detained. 📜The application submitted to the European Court of Human

🔹 A side-event was held in Vienna as part of the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting II (OSCE SHDM II), focusing on human rights crisis in Georgia. 🔹 The discussion featured Tamaz Kirtava, GYLA project coordinator, alongside representatives of partner organizations,

On May 14, 2025, 11 Georgian CSOs published a report: “Human Rights Crisis in Georgia After the 2024 Elections.” It documents widespread abuse between Nov 28, 2024, and Feb 28, 2025, aimed at silencing peaceful protest. Out of 117 interviewees, 77.7% reported police violence or

🔴 Between November 2024 and January 2025, the use of torture and ill-treatment by the police against demonstrators in Georgia was systemic. 🔴 According to civil society organizations, 78% of the 117 individuals surveyed reported that the police subjected them to forms of

⚖️ In the context of protests, GYLA has identified significant issues through monitoring of criminal cases: particularly regarding judicial practices and the rights situation of the accused. 🚨 Nine of the defendants report being subjected to physical abuse, psychological

🔴 In November–December 2024, alongside the violent dispersal of peaceful protest rallies, police forces systematically conducted illegal searches of detainees, confiscated their belongings, and accessed their personal information. 🔴 A large number of victims have still not

⭕️ In today’s illegitimate parliament, the initiators from the ruling "Georgian Dream" party who proposed the establishment of an investigative commission failed to follow key procedural rules and gave the commission a punitive political character instead of ensuring an objective

📣 Posts on social networks, as long as they do not contain real threats and are directed at politicians with a high obligation of tolerance, are protected under freedom of expression. 🚩 Any judicial interpretation to the contrary sets a dangerous precedent for mass

📣 We are responding to the amendments made to the Organic Law “On Common Courts.” In our assessment, these amendments substantially expand and simplify mechanisms for punishing judges, thereby further strengthening the power of the judicial clan. At the same time, the

🇬🇪 🇳🇱 Today, on July 7, The Ambassador of the Netherlands to Georgia, Ms. Meline Arakelian, visited the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association. During the meeting, the Chairperson of GYLA and program directors informed the Ambassador about the organization’s work and plans. The