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 14, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Small counties in South Georgia are going broke prosecuting...
Small counties in South Georgia are going broke prosecuting and defending death penalty cases - even though fewer and fewer murderers are being put to death
- JANUARY 8, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Two bills (HB 11, HB 44) were introduced
Two bills (HB 11, HB 44) were introduced
- JANUARY 1, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In 1993 Georgia introduced a moratorium on executions...
In 1993 Georgia introduced a moratorium on executions that was lifted for a while in 1995
- JANUARY 1, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In April 2000, Eduard Shevardnadze won another five...
In April 2000, Eduard Shevardnadze won another five year term in Georgia's presidential election
- JANUARY 1, 2001GeorgiaDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 12, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued...
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued a decree "On Criminal Responsibility of Citizens of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria for Crimes Committed in Georgia"
- AUGUST 22, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Param Cumaraswamy, in an urgent communication to the United States Government, has expressed his grave concern over the scheduled execution of Alexander Edmund Williams on 24 August 2000
- AUGUST 21, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on the authorities of Georgia...
The European Union called on the authorities of Georgia to spare the life of Alexander Edmund Williams, a death row inmate, mentally ill and juvenile offender, facing electrocution on August 24
- APRIL 26, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Georgia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- MARCH 28, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Mamuka Antia, 31, an ethnic Georgian guerrilla imprisoned...
Mamuka Antia, 31, an ethnic Georgian guerrilla imprisoned in the self-declared republic of Abkhazia committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell in Dranda, the minister of internal affairs of Abkhazia, Almazbei Kchach, said on April 3
- MARCH 15, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Georgia Senate approved replacing electrocution...
The Georgia Senate approved replacing electrocution with lethal injection as the state's execution method
- MARCH 13, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Djergenia, who is prosecutor-general of the unrecognized...
Djergenia, who is prosecutor-general of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia, has written to UN Special Representative Dieter Boden denying Georgian media allegations that three Georgian prisoners of war have been executed in Abkhazia's Dranda prison