Newsletters
April 2003
- Freedom of information calendar
- Training for NGOs on freedom of
information
- Administrative contract law brochure
- IRIS Seminar: Ensuring transparency and public
participation in local decision-making
- Staff Profile: Robyn Jordan, Project
Director
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April 2003 Newsletter
May 2003
- Promoting innovative approaches to public awareness
- Internews police academy documentary
- New Staff Member: Jason Anderson
- IRIS Grantee: Internews Georgia
- Constitutional court law amendments:
Legal grounds for the arrest of suspects and the right
to defense
- Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association: Administrative
process seminar for judges
- Staff Profile: Gia Getsadze, Chief of Party
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June 2003
- New public awareness campaign informs citizens about their
rights under reformed laws, how to exercise those rights,
and how to respond when their rights are violated
by the government
- United Nations Association of Georgia (UNAG) produces
posters that educate public
agencies about new freedom of information laws
- IRIS Grantee: Liberty Institute
- Protection of personal data
- Promoting tolerance through TV documentaries
- Administrative law workshop for public officials
- Staff Profile: Diana Rutherford, Project Specialist
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July 2003
- American Advertising Federation and the International Advertising
Federation gives gold ADDY award — for best
public service campaign worldwide — to “Know
the Law and Be Protected,” an IRIS-funded
public service announcement (PSA) campaign
- IRIS Grantee: Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
(GYLA)
- Ensuring access to public information
- Conference on Member of Parliament immunity
- “People and the Constitution” Olympiad
- Staff Profile: Nona Tsotsoria, Deputy Chief of Party
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September 2003
- New Chief of Party: Nona Tsotsoria
- IRIS launches new series of billboards based award-winning
public service announcements (see July newsletter)
- IRIS Grantee: Article 42 of the Constitution
- Workshop on licensing issues
- Freedom of media discussed at Liberty Institute’s
press club session
- IRIS grantee helps to drop undemocratic amendments
- Staff Profile: Dato Usupashvili, Senior Legal & Policy
Advisor
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October 2003
- Herman Schwartz book, The
Struggle for Constitutional Justice in Post-Communist Europe,
translated into Georgian
- UNAG’s conference to mark completion of project
that facilitated freedom of information implementation
- Association of Young Economists of Georgia publishes
guidebook: How to Obtain a License or Permit for the
Manufacturing of Food and Tobacco Products
- IRIS Grantee: Association of Young Economists of Georgia
(AYEG)
- New grants program highlights a link between Georgian culture
and human rights
- Legal aid expert Joe Dailing shares expertise
- IRIS Georgia designs two checklists for public servants
that provide step-by-step descriptions of the requirements
for enacting administrative acts and decrees
- GYLA helps local residents obtain identity cards
- Staff Profile: Zurab Marakvelidze, Staff Attorney
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November 2003
- Internews Georgia produces five new PSAs for the award-winning “Know
the Law and Be Protected” public awareness campaign
- Project data among losses from burglary at Article 42
- IRIS publishes second edition of freedom of information
guide
- IRIS Grantee: The Institute of Law
- Tuning in to Human Rights: new program uses radio
to highlight aspects of Georgian culture echoed by the United
Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recent
human-rights court decisions
- Legal aid training for NGOs
- New GYLA textbook, Liberty & Security
of a Person, based on Article Five of the European Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- IRIS Georgia prepares transcripts from the Conference
on Constitutional Court Legislation & Practice, held in
May 2002
- Staff Profile: Maia Kopaleishvili, Staff Attorney
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December 2003
- Human rights-related articles published by IRIS we have
translated and published three chapters of Keir Starmer’s
book, an Human Rights Law. These chapters address some of
the most pressing issues for Georgia:
- New publications from UNAG: brochures and bookmarks for
public agencies that implement freedom of information provisions
- IRIS Grantee: Alfami
- Roundtable discussion on freedom of thought, conscience,
and religion
- Institute of Law of the Georgian Academy of Science organizes
first constitutional roundtable
- Georgian cultural traditions and modern liberal values
- IRIS research on constitutional issues
- Staff Profile: Tina Ebanoidze, Office Manager
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January 2004
- IRIS publishes Georgian translation of Andras
Sajo’s book: Limiting Government — An
Introduction to Constitutionalism
- IRIS grantees go online
- IRIS Grantee: The Pluralism Center
- Alfami publishes series of
postcards communicating messages about fundamental constitutional
rights
- Liberty Institute’s newsletter focuses on corruption
- Corruption charges brought against orphanage director
- Staff Profile: Maureen Donaghy, Program Manager
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February 2004
- IRIS supports adoption of anti-corruption laws
- Center for Pluralism book demonstrates linkages between
human rights and Georgian national values
- IRIS Grantee: Ozurgeti Young Teachers Union
- IRIS sponsors constitutional
roundtable organized by the Center for Strategic Research
of Constitutional Problems (CSRCP), a Georgian NGO
- Liberty Institute helps victims of police impunity
- Alfami presents art exhibit in Rustavi, as part of the
IRIS-funded “Society and Art Images” project
- Staff Profile: David Magradze, Program Attorney
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March 2004
- IRIS re-launches outdoor public awareness campaign
- Public awareness bus tour
- IRIS Grantee: International Center for Civil Culture
- UNAG’s publishes Assessment
of the Process of Public Agency Reporting: Analysis &
Recommendations as part of its efforts to improve transparency
in public agencies
- Liberty Institute’s newsletter continues focus on corruption
- Liberty Institute organizes press
club session on tax amnesty
- New GYLA publications: human rights wall calendar and How
to Request Public Information guidebook
- Staff Profile: Maia Jorjikia, Staff Attorney
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April 2004
- Presentation to USAID provides overview of project activities
- Billboard advertisements promote the right to legal counsel,
the right to remain silent, illegal search, religious equality,
torture, police bribery, and equality of all citizens
- Freedom of information training for Ministry of Justice
staff
- IRIS Grantee: Association and Radio Green Wave
- Alfami photo exhibit features Natela Grigalashvili’s
Dysfunctional Country at the Kopala Art Gallery
- GYLA to organize seminar on the European Convention on
Human Rights for students and lawyers working in Tbilisi
- Children’s debates in Ozurgeti
- Religion and corruption
- Staff Profile: Eka Tkeshelashvili, Staff Attorney
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May 2004
- Roundtable on judicial transparency
- Software and database for legal aid organizations will
provide quantitative data with which to build new strategies
and address clients issues
- IRIS Grantee: Judicial Training Center
- Discussion on credit bureau legislation with the Georgian
Enterprise Growth Initiative (GEGI)
- IRIS attorney David Usupashvili delivers three lectures
on a topics related to the rule of law and freedom
of information
- Institute of Law of the Academy of Sciences holds
roundtable
- Ozurgeti Young Teachers Union produces films on children’s
rights: Where Exactly Are the Human
Beings? and My City Does Not Look Like Any Other
- Staff Profile: Andro Gigauri, Junior Staff Attorney &
Public Relations Coordinator
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June 2004
- Ozurgeti Young
Teachers Union hosts Otia Ioseliani (a well-known Georgian author) at an event
devoted to his work
related to articles of the
Children’s Rights
Convention
- Article 42 newsletter increases legal aid requests
- UNAG freedom of information training for public officials
- Building bridges of cooperation: Liberty Institute
educational campaign to
raise awareness about various
legal issues related to
freedom of religion
- IRIS collaborates with the Tbilisi Young Men
Christians Association
(YMCA)
- The Association
of Young Economists of
Georgia (AYEG) finalizes its “Implementing the
New License Legislation” project
- Organization Alfami finalizes project that used creative
and artistic approaches to
communicating the
importance of individual
rights and liberties
- Staff Profile:
Lexo Khubulava, Public Information Officer
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July 2004
- IRIS showcases programs and activities of its ten
rule-of-law grantees in Telavi
- Visits to grantee offices in Gori, Kutaisi,
and Ozurgeti provide opportunities to meet
partners face-to-face,
learn about regional issues, and explore ways to cooperate
- IRIS legal training
session for journalists in
Bakuriani focuses on freedom of
information and speech
- Roundtable on State of
Emergency
legislation
- Conference on the status of the
Adjara Autonomous Republic
- Liberty
Institute holds special
press club session on
the United States’ Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations (RICO)
Act and a Georgian Draft
Law on Racketeering
and Organized Crime
- Liberty
Institute conducts
study of amicus-curiae
related legislation and
practices in foreign
countries and
international tribunals, as
well as within
Georgian legislation
- The Development and
Cooperation Center
(CDC)/Pluralism
Center presents its recent activities at the National Library
of the
Georgian Parliament
- Staff Profile: Mo Schroeder-Sanai, Program Manager
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September 2004
- Media expert
Magda Walter conducts five-day training for Internews staff
- Young Economists awarded grant for an “Implementing
New
Licensing Legislation” project
- New Georgian law on freedom of speech
and expression
- Advocacy campaign against job discrimination based on religion
- IRIS Georgia staff attorneys explore collaboration with
Irakli Chikovani, the Chairman
of the Anti-corruption Department
at the Security Council
- New Article 42 brochure, The Strategy
of Defense, highlights
lessons learned working in district
courts
- USAID’s Rule of Law
portfolio assessment team visits IRIS Georgia
- Liberty Institute initiates Constitutional
lawsuit to defend the rights
of religious minorities in
Georgia and resolve the
issues surrounding the legal status and
registration of religious
organizations
- Editor-in-Chief of the
independent newspaper Khalkhis Gazeti (People’s
Newspaper) released from illegal detention
- IRIS Georgia recognizes its
partners’ achievements over the past 12 months
- Farewell to Nona Tsotsoria, Chief of Party
- Eka Tkeshelashvili, a
staff attorney with IRIS since 2002, becomes Deputy Chief of
Party
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October 2004
- Roundtable on reform of
the Administrative Violations Code
- Roundtable on presidential authority to hear administrative
claims
- UNAG conducts freedom of information seminar for state
employees who
are responsible for providing
public information at local government
institutions
- The Association of Young
Economists of Georgia opens “Licensing Hotline”
- Cases of torture in police precincts
and in the penitentiary system were
discussed Liberty Institute press club meeting
- Freedom of Assembly and Association: GYLA publishes book
on Article 11 of the European
Convention of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms
- Staff Profile: Lela Ebralidze, Legal Translator
Download October 2004 Newsletter
November 2004
- Renovated citizens’ reception hall at the
Ministry of Justice
- Draft regulations for public transportation
- Expert finds 27 contradictions between
Chapter Three of the General Administrative Code and
other laws
- Liberty
Institute and Public Defender
to form a civil monitoring group
for pre-detention precincts and
police departments
- IRIS begins anti-trafficking activities
- Michael Cornelius, an American management
consultant, invited to work with Liberty
Institute to improve
organizational and operational systems
- GYLA’s human trafficking
and family violence experts conduct roundtable on
international legal standards and
domestic legislation in the area of
family violence
- Staff Profile: Maia Gogidze, Receptionist & Secretary
Download November 2004 Newsletter
December 2004
Special issue that reviews 2004 successes in the areas
of:
- Public awareness
- Support for legal services
- More open and transparent government
- Support for legislative drafting
- Information and training
- Anti-corruption
- Anti-trafficking
Download December 2004 Newsletter
January 2005
- UNAG holds end-of-project conference focused on implementing
the
freedom of information (FOI) chapter
of the General Administrative Code in
public institutions
- Updated messaging: New round of Internews public-awareness
campaign PSAs shift from
“Know the Law and Be Protected” to “Protect
the Law and It Will Protect You!”
- UNAG produces freedom of information calendar
for targeted public institutions
- Licensing Hotline is a success!
- Anti-trafficking update
- Liberty Institute holds press club session on
corruption
and incompetence in the judiciary
- Legal aid success case
- Based on focus groups that sought to define
the notion of corruption as it is
perceived by representatives of
different professional groups, the Liberty
Institute developed six
charters — for citizens, parents,
students, teachers, public
officials, and priests — to raise public awareness
and promote participation
and transparency
- Staff Profile: Lasha Chkhatarashvili, Accountant
- Farewell to Eka Tkeshelashvili, Deputy Chief of Party
Download January 2005 Newsletter
February 2005
- The National
Security Council of Georgia (NSC) presents a Plan of Action
against Trafficking in Persons at the first open session
of the
Ad Hoc Interagency Commission
Against Trafficking
- GYLA meets with Konstantine Korkelia, the Deputy Secretary
of the National Security
Council,
to discuss collaboration on
current anti-trafficking in persons
efforts.
- GYLA training on the new tax code
- IRIS conducts freedom of information training for the
Ministry of Education
and Science
- Liberty Institute holds press club
session on
recent beating, degrading
treatment, and torture incidents
- Successful GYLA legal aid cases
- Article 42 releases brochure on plea-bargaining
- Staff Profile: Zurab Korganashvili, Staff Attorney
Download February 2005 Newsletter
March 2005
- Ozurgeti
Young Teachers Union hosts "training of trainers" for secondary
school
teachers on possible methods of teaching the
Universal Declaration on Human Rights
and the Convention on the Rights of the
Child
- GYLA lawyers conduct anti-trafficking awareness
campaign activities in East Georgian regions of Dusheti
and Mtskheta
- Liberty Institute launches freedom of information litigation
- AYEG produces series of Licensing Guides that provide information
about types of licenses/permits, fees, and state agency contact
information
- Article 42 legal aid work reduces sentence from 12.6 to
4.8 years
- IRIS Grantee Staff Profile:
Marine Meskhi, GYLA Rule of Law Program
Director
Download March 2005 Newsletter
April 2005
- Participatory filmmaking — Ozurgeti
Young Teachers Union presents
documentary, filmed by
students, that depicts poor conditions
in regional
schools
- IRIS hosts training for
state agencies focusing on freedom of information administrative
act issues and related appeal
procedures
- Internews Georgia: Review IRIS grantee accomplishments
- UNAG helps public institutions comply with FOI reporting
requirements
- Liberty Institute conducts freedom
of speech and expression law workshop for judges, lawyers,
and members of the media
- Profile of GYLA legal aid family law case
- IRIS Grantee Staff Profile: Giorgi Meladze, Liberty Institute Program Manager
Download April 2005 Newsletter
May 2005
- Liberty Institute wins constitutional court case
- IRIS attends anti-trafficking conference in Belgrade
- AYEG conducts state licensing reform roundtables — one
on proposed
licensing requirements in the
food-products manufacturing sector, and another on the
healthcare sector
- GYLA hosts roundtable on secondary-level education reform
- UNAG continues work on the General Administrative
Code
- Article 42 defends rights with legal aid
- IRIS Grantee Staff Profile: Marina Topuria,
Ozurgeti Young Teachers Union
Download May 2005 Newsletter
June 2005: Special Edition on Legal Aid
Summer 2005
- Young Economists discuss draft law on licensing
- Ozurgeti Teachers continue children’s rights campaign
- GYLA discusses Administrative Code and policies toward
the Disabled
- GYLA legal aid activities: “mobile” tours in
rural areas to raise awareness about
legislative developments
- UNAG conducts Administrative Code training in Gudauri
- Liberty Institute improves access to public information
- Article 42 reflects on successful legal assistance
Download Summer 2005 Newsletter
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