Enhancing Access to Justice and Development of a Child-Friendly Justice System in Georgia
Project Description
Project aims to enhance capacities of judiciary and government institutions and representatives of legal profession to promote access to justice for all and to establish a coherent and child-friendly justice system for children in Georgia.
Specific Objective
• To support access to justice through promoting more independent and effective legal profession, legal aid system and greater application of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (ADRs)
• To promote and support the establishment of an effective system of justice for children by dedicated regulatory framework and implementation mechanisms.
• To promote and support the establishment of an effective system of justice for children by dedicated regulatory framework and implementation mechanisms.
Expected Results
• To improve management and administration of the Legal Aid Service (LAS).
• To improve the Legal Aid Service capacity providing quality services to the citizens.
• To advance access to legal aid services and cooperation between service providers.
• To increase access to legal aid service through digital channels.
• To increase awareness on legal aid as a critical component of the justice system through communication campaigns and international events.
• To strengthen independence and effectiveness of legal profession by providing a systemic support to the Georgian Bar Association (GBA).
• To raise public awareness on the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms – mediation and arbitration.
• To assist the Georgian Association of Arbitrators (GAA), Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC), Arbitration Initiative Georgia (AIG)in increasing their institutional capacities
• To improve the Legal Aid Service capacity providing quality services to the citizens.
• To advance access to legal aid services and cooperation between service providers.
• To increase access to legal aid service through digital channels.
• To increase awareness on legal aid as a critical component of the justice system through communication campaigns and international events.
• To strengthen independence and effectiveness of legal profession by providing a systemic support to the Georgian Bar Association (GBA).
• To raise public awareness on the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms – mediation and arbitration.
• To assist the Georgian Association of Arbitrators (GAA), Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC), Arbitration Initiative Georgia (AIG)in increasing their institutional capacities
Project documents
Project map
Photo gallery
International Legal Aid Conference (ILAC)
EU and UNDP assist Georgia to ease access to justice and raise professionalism of lawyers
Training of Trainers in Mediation
Free Legal Aid Providers in Georgia Establish Cooperation Network
Regional Conference on Independent Legal Aid
Juvenile Justice Campaign Launch Event
Legal Aid Service and the European Union celebrate 150,000 free legal consultations in Georgia
Tbilisi Mediation Days
Prospects and challenges of Arbitrage Development
Opening of the Legal Aid Service headquarters in Tbilisi
PROJECT DETAILS
Georgia
Priority Area:
Partnership that protects Subsector:
Rule of law & human rights Topic:
Justice Project Status:
Completed Start Date:
01.01.2016 End Date:
31.03.2019 EU Project Number:
360-626