The Council of Europe Office in Georgia held the public presentation of the research on operation of Georgian Bar Association (GBA) committees. The participants were lawyers, heads of GBA Committees, GBA management and CoE representatives, including the Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia.
The research on the effectiveness of Association’s committees and subsequent recommendations were developed by the CoE international expert who participated in the event remotely, presented his work and answered questions. Presentations on the operation of Committees on Labor Rights and on Criminal Law were delivered by the heads of the aforementioned committees.
The research on the effectiveness reviews the selection system of its members, operation, accountability, evaluation and reporting in committees. Following the GBA elections scheduled in December 2021, the new committees will be formed in early 2022, fulfilling the objective of the project - to put the new statutory framework and management the system in place before the end of the calendar year.
The activity was organised within the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Support to the Profession of Lawyer in Georgia”, implemented with the support of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Latvia, the Human Rights Trust Fund, and the Fund to End Violence Against Children.