Liberty Institute (Georgia)
Georgian research and advocacy organization
Liberty Institute is a Georgian research and advocacy organization affiliated with Ilia Chavchavadze State University. The Institute provides legal services in the field of civil and human rights and conducts legislative activities.
History
The Liberty Institute was founded in 1996.
On July 10, 2002, around 10 aggressors entered the office of the Liberty Institute and physically injured organization members Sozar Subari and ransacked the office.
Giga Bokeria became the deputy chairman of the Committee on Legal Issues and a member of the Committee on Defense and Security. Givi Targamadze became the chair of the Georgian Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security. In 2004, Sozar Subari was elected by the Parliament of Georgia as Public Defender (ombudsman) for a 5-year term.
Konstantine Vardzelashvili was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Justice in 2004. Anna Zhvania was appointed initially as an advisor to the President in 2006, and then she was appointed as the first female head of the Foreign Intelligence Special Service of Georgia. Former executive director of the Liberty Institute, Akaki Minashvili, was elected to the Parliament of Georgia.
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