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In June 2019, USAID/PROLoG, together with partners, supported a visit of the Georgian Parliament leadership to the United States to review US standards and procedures related to the selection of Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges.
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201918Jul
USAID/PROLoG supports a Workshop with Parliament on Selection of CJ Judges
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201910Jul
Second Semester of English Language Training Program for Judges Successfully Completed
USAID/PROLoG has successfully completed the second semester of the English Language Training Program for Judges (ELTPJ). The ELTPJ was initiated at the request of the High Council of Justice and launched by USAID/PROLoG in October 2018. The program aims at improving the English Language knowledge of judges and creating opportunities for their participation in specific USAID/PROLoG judicial exchange opportunities requiring high level of English.
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201909Jul
USAID/PROLoG Sends Judicial Assistant to Minneapolis for Secondment at Local District Court
On June 15, Gvantsa Kharebava, judicial assistant at Tbilisi City Court, traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota for a weeklong secondment with the Hennepin District Court. She was selected for this trip by virtue of being named one of the outstanding students of the USAID/PROLoG Judicial Winter School.
During the visit, Ms. Kharebava met judges, law clerks and judicial assistants, attended court hearings and learned about the operation of electronic case filing systems. She discussed the importance of courtroom management and communication, as well as judges’ role in the settlement of cases, with Judge Edward Wahl, and had the opportunity to attend hearings in several of his cases.
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201908Jul
Legal Education for Professional Success
On July 3, PROLoG organized a Legal Education Fair, which aimed to highlight the achievements of PROLoG-supported legal education activities at the university level, and to facilitate dialogue and future cooperation among law schools in Georgia.
Under the framework of its granny fromUSAID, PROLoG has provided support to establish human rights and gender scholarships, enhance clinical legal education, teach legal ethics, and provide practical skills-building components, including moot court and other competitions. These activities aim to strengthen legal education at the university level and provide more educational opportunities for judges and lawyers.
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201927Jun
Training on Freedom of Expression, Hate Speech, Discrimination and Amicus Curiae
On June 25-27, with support of USAID/PROLoG, three-day training on freedom of expression, hate speech, incitement of discrimination and amicus curie was conducted for the representatives of PROLoG partner NGOs. The training courses were delivered by international expert, Ivana Roagna and the judge of Tbilisi Court of Appeals, Ketevan Meskhishvili.
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201925Jun
Georgian Team Participates in Hugo Sinzheimer Moot Court Competition
On June 13-15, the fourth Hugo Sinzheimer Moot Court Competition (HS MCC) was held in Hasselt, Belgium. A Georgian team has participated in the competition since its inception, and last year won the competition, while this year Georgian team member, Ana Jikia was awarded the title of Best Speaker.
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201903Jun
Union Sapari Holds Public Discussion on Violence against Women
On May 29, Union Sapari, under the USAID/PROLoG-funded legal aid project “Comprehensive Approach to Violence against Women and Girls,” held a public discussion—"Men searching for solutions: let’s talk about gender based violence." The goal of the event was to trigger public discussion among men and start a series of discussions regarding gender based violence, masculinity and the social role of men in Georgia.
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201930May
USAID/PROLoG Supports Series of Public Lectures on Freedom of Expression
On May 22, under the framework of its USAID-funded EWMI/PROLoG grant, the National Institute for Human Rights at Free University Tbilisi hosted a lecture on freedom of expression vs public morals in the context of the “Ai Isa” case (display of certain photos and phrases on condoms was deemed unethical and against public morality by the court).
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201930May
Judges meet to validate case groups and relative weights proposed by Dr. Jesper Wittrup
A working group of judges with different specializations and backgrounds met for two days in Borjomi on May 25-26 to verify case groups and relative weights proposed by PROLoG expert Dr. Jesper Wittrup.
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Dr. Wittrup proposed groups and relative weights of court cases for each of three case types—criminal, civil, and administrative—which were also disaggregated by court type (1st Instance, Appellate, and Supreme Court). During the first day of workshop, the expert presented the proposed groups and relative weights to the judges for validation. -
201916May
Activities Supported by USAID/PROLoG to Promote Legal Ethics in Georgia
Second Academic Conference on Legal Ethics
On May 12, USAID/PROLoG supported the Legal Ethics Chair at New Vision University’s (NVU) second academic conference on Legal Ethics. Deputy Chief of Party Brian LeDuc and New Vision University rector David Kereselidze made opening remarks. Program included presentations from members of Georgian Bar Association’s (GBA) Ethics Commission (EC) Ana Loria and Irakli Kordzhakhia who covered ongoing problematic issues of Disciplinary proceedings of GBA’s EC as well as fees and fiduciary duties of lawyers. Legal Ethics Chair, Sophio Chachava talked about confidentiality and conflict of interest issues, while other speakers covered topics like ethical issues from the perspective of civil servants and arbitrators as well as Lawyer’s freedom of expression in Social Media.
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