Georgia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- adopted on August 24, 1995; amended several times, last in 2020 (the legislative electoral system was revised)
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; subject to the mandatory jurisdiction of the ICJ
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament (Sakartvelos Parlamenti)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (composed of 28 judges organized into various specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the President of Georgia); Constitutional Court (composed of 9 judges); Courts of Appeal; regional (citizen) and district courts
RELIGIONS
Eastern Orthodox Christian (official) 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic Christian 2.9%, other 1.2% (includes Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Yazidi, Protestant Christian, Jewish), none 0.5%, unspecified/no response 1.2% (estimate 2014)
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
President Eduard Shevardnadze established a legal moratorium...
President Eduard Shevardnadze established a legal moratorium on executions in Georgia in July 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997
Georgia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was carried out in February 1995
The last execution was carried out in February 1995
- JANUARY 1, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but allows the execution of juvenile offenders of 17 years and above
- JANUARY 1, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A bill was presented in 2002 for the forming of a commission...
A bill was presented in 2002 for the forming of a commission on the death penalty
- DECEMBER 24, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of parliamentarians intended to appeal to Supreme...
A group of parliamentarians intended to appeal to Supreme Court Chairman Vladimir Chanturia requesting him not to approve the decision adopted by the Prosecutor General's Office on the extradition to Russia of three Chechens detained in early August on t
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In Atlanta, Butts County Superior Court Judge Kevin A
In Atlanta, Butts County Superior Court Judge Kevin A
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
William Putman was executed for the deaths of a couple,...
William Putman was executed for the deaths of a couple, David Hardin and Katie Hardin on July 10, 1980
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A jury in the court of state District Judge Debbie...
A jury in the court of state District Judge Debbie Stricklin deliberated for less than 2 hours before agreeing on the death sentence for Ronald James Hamilton Jr
- OCTOBER 25, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In Atlanta, in an unanimous ruling, a 3-judge panel...
In Atlanta, in an unanimous ruling, a 3-judge panel of the 11th U
- OCTOBER 24, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger...
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger re-sentenced Alphonso Stripling (on death row since 1989) to life without parole for the October 1988 murders of Anthony Evans and Gregory Bass
- OCTOBER 15, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
As requested by the European Court of Human Rights...
As requested by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the Georgian Justice Ministry sent materials concerning the 13 Chechens who were detained on the Russian-Georgian border in early August