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
- MARCH 3, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Briton awaiting execution by lethal injection in...
The Briton awaiting execution by lethal injection in America expressed his remorse for the murder of a woman 17 years ago and his gratitude to Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, and other politicians for their efforts to spare his life
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the...
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the case of a British murderer on Death Row, Tracy Housel, when he rang the Governor of Georgia and requested a reprieve
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Officials in [the US state of ] Georgia are preparing...
Officials in [the US state of ] Georgia are preparing to take the final steps towards executing Briton Tracy Housel
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Board of Pardons and Paroles spared the life of...
The Board of Pardons and Paroles spared the life of Alexander Williams (see Feb
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A Briton on death row will learn today if the US Supreme...
A Briton on death row will learn today if the US Supreme Court will give him a final appeal
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In a case that has drawn international attention, the...
In a case that has drawn international attention, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles took the rare step of staying the execution of a psychotic killer
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned...
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned killer's sentence, saying other New Jerseyans convicted of similar crimes were not sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor of Georgia [Roy Barnes] urging him to commute the death sentence passed on a British man to imprisonment, [Prime Minister ] Tony Blair disclosed
- JANUARY 24, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Residents and Chechen refugees in Duisi, the largest...
Residents and Chechen refugees in Duisi, the largest village in Georgia's Pankissi Valley have set up a Sharia court to control rising crime
- JANUARY 24, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Ronald Keith Spivey, 62, was pronounced dead at 7:34 p
Ronald Keith Spivey, 62, was pronounced dead at 7:34 p
- JANUARY 1, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
After a legal moratorium on executions, in July 1997,...
After a legal moratorium on executions, in July 1997, as he is empowered to do, President Shevardnadze had commuted the 54 outstanding death sentences to 20-year prison sentences