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Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

Georgia

Members and substitute members

Member

Mindia UGREKHELIDZE

Country-specific opinions

1272/2025

Georgia - Opinion on legal consequences for persons associated to prohibited political parties

1249/2025

Amicus curiae brief for the European Court of Human Rights in Gyla and Others v. Georgia on regulation of foreign influence

1243/2025

Georgia - Opinion on the Law on the Registration of Foreign Agents, the amendments to the Law on Grants and other Laws relating to “foreign influence”

1227/2024

Georgia - Opinion on the amendments to the Organic Law "Election Code of Georgia", pertaining to local elections

1226/2024

Georgia - Urgent Opinion on amendments to the Code of administrative offences and the Law on assemblies and demonstrations

1190/2024

Georgia - Urgent Opinion on the Law of Georgia on Transparency of Foreign Influence

1189/2024

Georgia - Opinion on amendments to the Election Code which abolish gender quotas

1188/2024

Georgia - Opinion on the draft constitutional law on the “protection of family values and minors”

1179/2024

Georgia - Follow-up Opinion to the Joint Opinion on the draft amendments to the Election Code and to the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia

1159/2023

Georgia - Provisions of the Law on the Fight against Corruption concerning the Anti-Corruption Bureau

1158/2023

Georgia - Opinion on the Law on the Special Investigation Service and on the provisions of the Law on Personal Data Protection concerning the Personal Data Protection Service

1155/2023

Georgia - Joint opinion of the Venice Commission and ODIHR on the draft amendments to the Election Code and to the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia

1137/2023

Georgia - Follow-up opinion to previous opinions concerning the Organic Law on Common Courts

1119/2022

Georgia - Opinion of the Venice Commission on the amendments to the Organic Law on Common Courts

1118/2022

Georgia - Opinion on the draft law on de-oligarchisation

1107/2022

Georgia - Joint opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on draft amendments to the Election Code and the Law on Political Associations of Citizens

1092/2022

Georgia - Urgent opinion on the Draft Law on the Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code adopted by the Parliament of Georgia on 7 June 2022

1077/2022

Georgia - Opinion on the December 2021 amendments to the organic Law on Common Courts

1043/2021

Georgia - Urgent Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on the revised amendments to the Election Code of Georgia

1039/2021

Georgia - Urgent Opinion on the amendments to the organic law on common courts

1030/2021

Georgia - Urgent joint opinion on Draft Amendments to the Election Code

1019/2021

Georgia - Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on draft article 79 1 of the election code

1017/2021

Georgia - Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on amendments to the Election Code, the Law on Political Associations of Citizens and the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament

1008/2020

Georgia - Joint opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the recent amendments to the Law on electronic communications and the Law on broadcasting

1001/2020

Georgia - Opinion on amendments to the Law on Common Courts

0949/2019

Georgia – Urgent Opinion on the selection and appointment of Supreme Court judges

0945/2019

Georgia - Reform of the Police

0937/2018

Georgia - Prosecutorial Council and the High Council of Judicial

0923/2018

Georgia - Amicus curiae brief for the Constitutional Court of Georgia on the effects of Constitutional Court decisions on final judgments in civil and administrative cases

0918/2018

Georgia - Draft constitutional amendments adopted on 15 December 2017 at the second reading by the Parliament of Georgia

0876/2017

Georgia - Opinion on the draft revised Constitution as adopted by the Parliament of Georgia at the second reading on 23 June 2017

0849/2016

Georgia: Opinion on amendments to the Organic Law on the Constitutional Court and on the Law on Constitutional Legal Proceedings

0834/2016

Georgia - Amendments to the Election Code of Georgia

0811/2015

Draft amendments to the Law on the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia

0804/2015

Amicus curiae brief for the Constitutional Court of Georgia on the non ultra petita rule in criminal cases

0786/2014

Amicus Curiae for the Defamation of the deceased

0775/2014

Georgia - Opinion on amendments to the Codes of administrative, civil and penal procedure relating to cassation appeals

0774/2014

Georgia - Draft Law Making Changes to the Law of Georgia on Disciplinary Liability and Disciplinary Proceedings of Judges of General Courts

0773/2014

Georgia - Amendments to the Organic Law on General Courts

0761/2014

Georgia - Amicus Curiae brief for the Constitutional Court of Georgia on individual access of public broadcasters to the Constitutional Court, in case of limitation of the independence of the public broadcaster

0760/2014

Draft Law of Georgia on State Language

0758/2014

Georgia - Constitutional Reform

0744/2013

Draft amendments on the Law on Occupied Territories of Georgia

0737/2013

Amendments to the Constitution of Georgia

0728/2013

Joint Opinion on the draft Law on the Temporary State Commission on miscarriages of justice of Georgia

0710/2012

Opinion on the Provisions relating to Political Prisoners in the Amnesty Law of Georgia

0701/2012

Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Organic Law on Courts of General Jurisdiction of Georgia

0652/2011

Joint opinion on the draft law on amendments and additions to the organic law of Georgia on political unions of citizens

0617/2011

Joint opinion on the draft election code of Georgia

0571/2010

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Georgia

0552/2009

Final Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Law on Occupied Territories of Georgia

0547/2009

Opinion on the amendments to the law on assembly and manifestations of Georgia

0543/2009

Constitutional reform of Georgia Opinion on the draft constitutional law on amendments and changes to the constitution of Georgia

0527/2009

Abkhazia-Ossetia

0526/2009

Opinion on the organic Law of Georgia on changes and additions to the organic Law of Georgia on political unions of citizens

0523/2009

Amicus Curiae Brief for the Constitutional Court of Georgia on the Retroactivity of Statutes of Limitation and the Retroactive Prevention of the Application of a conditional sentence

0519/2009

Draft amendments to the Constitution of Georgia

0516/2009

Opinion on the Law on occupied territories of Georgia

0503/2008

Opinion on four Constitutional Laws amending the Constitution of Georgia

0502/2008

Amicus Curiae Brief for the Constitutional Court of Georgia on the viewer's right of access to Court against decisions of an independent broadcasting authority concerning the programme schedule

0493/2008

Amendments to the Election Code of Georgia

0454/2007

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Georgia as revised up to July 2008 by the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR

0451/2007

Status of South Ossetia (Georgia)

0412/2006

Status of Adjara (Georgia)

0408/2006

Opinion on the Law on Disciplinary Responsibility and Disciplinary Prosecution of Judges of Common Courts of Georgia

0407/2006

Opinion on the Draft Constitutional Law of Georgia on Amendments to the Constitution

0364/2005

Opinion on the Draft Law of Georgia on Property Restitution and Compensation on the Territory of Georgia for the Victims of Conflict in the Former South Ossetia District

0362/2005

Joint Opinion on the Election Code of Georgia

0358/2005

Opinion on the Draft Organic Law on “making Amendments and Additions into the Organic Law - Election Code of Georgia”

0328/2004

Opinion on Draft Constitutional Amendments relating to the Reform of the Judiciary in Georgia

0327/2004

Initiatives of the Georgian Government with Respect to the Peaceful Resolution of the Conflict in South Ossetia

0322/2004

Proposal for a Constitutional Law on changes and amendments to the Constitution of Georgia

0320/2004

Joint opinion on a Proposal for a Constitutional Law on Changes and Amendments to the Constitution of Georgia

0311/2004

Opinion on Draft Law on Restitution of Housing and Property to the Victims of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict of the Republic of Georgia

0291/2004

Opinion on the Draft Constitutional Law of Georgia on the Status of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara

0289/2004

Amicus Curiae Opinion on the relationship between the Freedom of Expression and Defamation with respect to unproven defamatory allegations of fact as requested by the Constitutional Court of Georgia

0281/2004

Opinion on the Draft Amendments to the Constitution of Georgia

0268/2003

Recommendations on the Electoral Law and the Electoral Administration in Georgia

0262/2003

Opinion on the Draft Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Entities of Georgia

0261/2003

Opinion on the Referendum on decreasing the number of Members of Parliament in Georgia

0251/2003

Opinion on the Unified Election Code of Georgia

0241/2003

Opinion on the Draft Law on Prohibition of Extremist Organisations and Unions in Georgia

0199/2002

Comments on the Draft Law of Georgia on the Amendments to the Constitution of Geogia

0182/2001

Opinion on the Unified Election Code of Georgia

0160/2001

Brief on the Draft Constitutional Agreement between the State of Georgia and the Apostle Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia

0138/2000

Georgia: Status of Abkhazia

0086/1999

Opinion on Proposals for Amending the Organic Law on the Constitutional Court of Georgia and the Law on Constitutional Proceedings

0072/1998

Revision of the Constitution of Georgia

0002/1995

Opinion on the law on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Georgia

News

Georgia - Request for an Opinion

Strasbourg

13 Aug

2025

European Court of Human Rights – preparation of an amicus curiae brief

Strasbourg

30 Jul

2025

Georgia – Forthcoming Opinion - Online meetings

Online

03 Mar

2025

Georgia - Urgent Opinion on amendments to the Code of administrative offences and the Law on assemblies and demonstrations

Strasbourg

07 Feb

2025

GEORGIA - Forthcoming Opinion - Online meetings

Georgia and online

23 Dec

2024

GEORGIA - Request for an opinion from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Strasbourg

23 Dec

2024

GEORGIA - Request from PACE for an urgent opinion

Strasbourg

28 Oct

2024

GEORGIA – Parliamentary elections – legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

Tbilisi

22-23 May

2024

GEORGIA - Forthcoming opinion on electoral amendments – online meetings

Tbilisi and online

21 May

2024

GEORGIA - Urgent Opinion on the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence

Strasbourg

13-14 May

2024

GEORGIA - forthcoming opinion – online meetings

Tbilisi and online

29-02 Apr-May

2024

GEORGIA - forthcoming urgent joint opinion – online meetings

Tbilisi and online

16 Apr

2024

GEORGIA - Requests for opinion

Strasbourg

07 Mar

2024

GEORGIA – Request for an opinion

Georgia

16 Nov

2023

Venice Commission on a high-level mission to Georgia

Tbilisi

15-17 Nov

2023

GEORGIA – forthcoming opinions – country visit

Tbilisi

23 Oct

2023

GEORGIA – Request for opinions

Georgia

18 Sep

2023

GEORGIA – Forthcoming follow-up opinion on the Organic Law of Georgia “On Common Courts” - Online consultations

Georgia

01 Aug

2023

Request for follow-up opinion – PACE / GEORGIA

Strasbourg

18-19 May

2023

GEORGIA – forthcoming final opinion – country visit

Tbilisi

08 Mar

2023

GEORGIA – Request for opinion

Georgia

22 Feb

2023

GEORGIA - forthcoming opinion – online meetings

Online

02 Feb

2023

Request for opinion – GEORGIA

Georgia

19 Dec

2022

Request for opinion - GEORGIA

15-16 Nov

2022

GEORGIA – forthcoming joint opinion on the amendments to the Election Code – country visit

27 Oct

2022

Request for opinion - GEORGIA

25-26 Oct

2022

GEORGIA- 10th Annual Meeting of Election Management Bodies

26 Aug

2022

GEORGIA – the Urgent Opinion on the draft law amending procedure for the use of covert investigative measures issued

01 Aug

2022

GEORGIA – forthcoming urgent opinion – online meetings

15 Jul

2022

GEORGIA - request for urgent opinion

18-19 May

2022

GEORGIA – forthcoming opinion – online meetings

04 Feb

2022

GEORGIA – Request for opinion by PACE

14 Jul

2021

GEORGIA - rights and responsibilities of the opposition in parliament - virtual conference

18 Jun

2021

GEORGIA – Urgent joint opinion on the revised draft amendments to the Election Code issued

08 Jun

2021

GEORGIA – forthcoming joint urgent opinion - online visit

21 May

2021

GEORGIA - Request for urgent opinion

30 Apr

2021

GEORGIA – Urgent Joint Opinion on the draft amendments to the Election Code issued

29 Apr

2021

GEORGIA - Urgent Opinion on the amendments to the Organic law on Common Courts (appointment of Supreme Court judges) issued

12-13 Apr

2021

GEORGIA – forthcoming urgent joint opinion – series of online meetings

26 Mar

2021

GEORGIA - Request for urgent opinion

19 Feb

2021

GEORGIA - 100th Anniversary of the First Constitution – online conference

12 Feb

2021

GEORGIA - forthcoming opinion – virtual meetings

11-12 Feb

2021

GEORGIA - Forthcoming opinions on draft amendments to the electoral and political parties legislation - virtual visit

28 Jan

2021

GEORGIA - Meeting with PACE Parliament delegation

08 Jan

2021

Request for opinion - GEORGIA

19 Nov

2020

Request for opinion – PACE/Georgia

13 Nov

2020

GEORGIA - exchange of views with the PACE Monitoring Committee

29-01 Oct-Nov

2020

GEORGIA – parliamentary election – legal assistance to the PACE election observation mission

21 Sep

2020

GEORGIA – Request for opinion

10 Sep

2020

29th ACEEEO Annual Conference - Elections and Communications - The role of Electoral Management Bodies in conducting and facilitating effective communication

04 Sep

2020

GEORGIA - Technical webinar: preparation for elections security

03 Jul

2020

Modalities of elections during a pandemic - Hearing in the Georgian Parliament

02-03 Dec

2019

Electoral processes: Preventing and responding to the misuse of administrative resources - Conference

29 Nov

2019

GEORGIA - Seminar on election dispute resolution

29 Nov

2019

GEORGIA – Toolkit for election dispute resolution

16 Apr

2019

GEORGIA - Urgent opinion on the nomination of Supreme Court judges

10 Apr

2019

Exchange of views with the Prime Minister of GEORGIA

01-02 Apr

2019

GEORGIA – forthcoming opinion – country visit

11 Mar

2019

Georgia - Statement by the President of the Venice Commission

Strasbourg

11 Feb

2019

GEORGIA – forthcoming opinion – country visit

14 Jan

2019

GEORGIA – Request for opinion

28 Nov

2018

GEORGIA – Presidential election – Legal assistance to the PACE observation mission (second round)

06-07 Nov

2018

GEORGIA – forthcoming opinion – country visit

27-29 Oct

2018

GEORGIA – Presidential Election – Legal assistance to the PACE observation mission

21 Sep

2018

Request for opinion – PACE / GEORGIA

26 Jun

2018

“Money in Politics” - Regional conference 2018

16-17 May

2018

3rd Congress of the Association of Constitutional Justice of the countries of the Baltic and Black Sea regions (BBCJ)

19 Apr

2018

Request for amicus curiae brief– Georgia

22 Sep

2017

Georgia - Draft Constitution - postponement of proportional election system regrettable, bonus system of unallocated votes distribution should be abandoned

22-24 Sep

2017

Georgia - Training Seminar on Election Dispute Resolution

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