ARTICLE42.GE Constitutional Court and the non-governmental organizations http://www.article42.ge/index_en.php?newsid=350 On 5 March 2010 organization « Article 42 of the Constitution » organized a workshop « Practice of the Constitutional Court of Georgia and role of the NGOs in its development » in the Hotel Ambassador. 2010-03-05 16:53:47 Other five cases were funded in 2009 http://www.article42.ge/index_en.php?newsid=349 Organization “Article 42 of the Constitution” implements the project “Strategic litigation in Caucasus” since 2006. International partners of the project are “Netherlands Helsinki Committee”, “Interights” and “European Human Rights Advocacy Center” (EHRAC). The project is financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and GOF RE fund of the British Embassy. 2009-12-17 16:43:26 Regional Study Visit http://www.article42.ge/index_en.php?newsid=348 Article 42 of the Constitution has organized study visit from 8 to 13 November, 2009. In the framework of the visit Article 42 of the Constitution, Armenian Institute for Development (Armenia) and Legal Education Society (Azerbaijan) had sheared experience and get familiar with the work of Public Defenders Office and Human Rights Defense NGOs in Georgina. 2009-11-17 15:34:14 European Court delivered a judgment on the case concerning proponents of Igor Giorgadze http://www.article42.ge/index_en.php?newsid=346 On 27 October 2009 the European Court made public a judgment on the case « Pandjikidze and 6 others versus Georgia » and found that Georgian government had violated Article 6 of the European Convention (right to a fair trial). Organization « Article 42 of the Constitution » represented the interests of Pandjikidze and others before the European Court. 2009-11-01 20:47:16 Training in Project Cycle Management was organized for the staff of Article 42 http://www.article42.ge/index_en.php?newsid=343 The training in Project Cycle Management was organized for the staff of Article 42 on October 23-24-25, 2009. The training covered following issues: LFA, Stakeholders, analyzes of the problem, aims and goals and etc. 2009-10-26 16:45:50 Lawyers involved in litigation of cases in the ECHR had a meeting in Rustavi http://www.article42.ge/index_en.php?newsid=342 A meeting of a network of practicing lawyers was held in Rustavi, on 20 March, 2009. Practicing lawyers discussed the problems related to the application procedures to the ECHR and litigation of the cases. The meeting was organized for lawyers with practical experience. Issues, such as article 39 and 5 of ECHR and execution of ECtHR decisions were discussed together with the experts of “Article 42 of the Constitution”. 2009-10-20 15:45:27 Training - “How to apply to the Constitutional Court” http://www.article42.ge/index_en.php?newsid=341 On 10-11 Julay a training “How to apply to the Constitutional Court” was held for practicing lawyers of the Adjara region in Batumi , Hotel “Inturisti”. Main topic of the training were the forms and procedures of application to the Constitutional Courts, the litigation in the above court and etc. 2009-07-13 18:43:30 Statement of «Article 42 of the Constitution» towards the Chair of the Constitutional Court of Georgia http://www.article42.ge/index_en.php?newsid=340 “Mr. Giorgi, on 11 September of the present year the former Chair of the Parliament of Georgia – Ms. Nino Bujranadze lodged a constitutional claim before the Constitutional Court of Georgia. She requests the Court to rule the provision of article 148 of the Tax Code of Georgia as unconstitutional with respect to Articles 21 and 42 of the Constitution of Georgia. The claimant also requests the Court to suspend the enforcement of the impugned provision before the final resolution of the case due to the fact that a public auction is set on 7 October of the present year with a purpose to sell her property and she might suffer irreparable damage because of the unconstitutional provision... 2009-10-06 15:17:22