The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association [GYLA] is concealing the fact that it had already been partially defeated in its case at the European Court of Human Rights [ECHR] regarding the 2024 parliamentary elections. Such a statement made today Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.

“It is correct that the ECHR has only begun reviewing part of the complaint submitted by GYLA and others. It is false to claim that they achieved any victory, and it is also false to claim that the substantive review of the remaining parts has started. For us, as a state, the important aspect is the part of the questions that the ECHR is specifically raising to GYLA. The Court asks GYLA whether, as a non-governmental organisation, it is entitled to lodge a complaint before it regarding parliamentary elections”, - said Tea Tsulukiani.

She further noted that the ECHR ruled that such complaints were inadmissible under the European Convention, which prohibited claims where the rights of another party, rather than the complainant’s own rights, were being challenged.

“The complaint in this part is inadmissible because it concerns a situation in which an organisation or individual complains not about their own rights being violated, but about someone else’s rights - a situation prohibited by the European Convention, which underpins the ECHR”, - added Tea Tsulukiani.

The ECHR did not grant the applicants’ request, which sought to suspend the results of the 2024 parliamentary elections at the end of 2024. The substantive review of the case will begin in the standard form, without acceleration. One of the applicants in the ECHR is the GYLA.