Georgia

Reports, comments and letters

 Year: 2024 - 2025


 Expert Council on NGO Law Opinion on the Law of Georgia “Foreign Agents Registration Act” (2025) - adopted by the Parliament of Georgia on 1 April 2025 - In English / In French / In Georgian  

 Expert Council on NGO Law Opinion on the draft law of Georgia on Transparency of Foreign Influence (2024) - In English / In French / In Georgian

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New Georgian legislation on transparency of Foreign Influence does not conform to European and international standards, says Expert Council on NGO law

16 May 2024 Strasbourg, France

The Expert Council on NGO law, a body of the Conference of International non-governmental organisations of the Council of Europe, released today an opinion on Georgia’s law on transparency of foreign Influence which was adopted on 14 May at the conclusion of its third reading. In the 25 pages...

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Implementation of Georgia’s Foreign Agents Registration Act will cause “grave and unjustified damage to civil society”, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law

25 August 2025 Strasbourg

The Expert Council on NGO Law, an expert body of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, has just published an opinion on the Foreign Agents Registration Act adopted by the Parliament of Georgia on 1 April 2025. It finds that several of the provisions are not sufficiently prescribed by...

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Georgia and Greece passed problematic laws for NGOs, says CINGO’s Expert Council on NGO Law

19 March 2026 Strasbourg

The Expert Council on NGO Law, an expert body of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, has just published two opinions on recent legal changes introduced in Georgia earlier this month and in Greece in February, that particularly affect civil society activities. Georgia’s amendments to...

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