Tamari joined EMC team as a lawyer, legal researcher in November 2017.

Tamari is working on reports and conducting researches on criminal justice issues and institutional reforms of law enforcement system in Georgia. She makes surveys of international standards of human rights protection mechanism and conducts comparative analyses of relevant international practice.  Tamari also participates in the preparation of legislative initiatives and in  the drafting process of reform strategy policy documents.

Professional experience                        

2015-2017:Lawyer at Parliamentary affairs and lawmaking division of Legal department – Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia;

2014-2015:Special Representative, lawyer - Georgian Civil Integration Center;

2012-2014:specialist, lawyer at Penitentiary Department – Ministry of correction of Georgia.

Education

2016-to Present: Phd candidate at Tbilisi State University, The faculty of Law, Criminal law and Criminal Justice field;

2013-2015:Criminal Justice LLM-Caucasus School of Law, Caucasus University;

2007-2011:Bachelor of Law - Tbilisi State University.

Mariam joined EMC team in September of 2019. Her main responsibilities include researching, monitoring and analyzing the judiciary system of Georgia. Furthermore, she is responsible for preparing reports, researching and analyzing relevant international best practices and standards on relevant issues, such are: institutional bases of judiciary system, capacity development of individual judges, access to justice, etc.  Mariam is also responsible for coordinating projects, preparing policy documents and legislative initiatives in this direction.

Professional Experience

2018-2019: Senior Specialist – Legal Division, Emergency Management Service;

2015-2018: Senior Specialist – Lawmaking Division of Legal Department, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia;

2014-2015: Probation Officer/Rehabilitation and Educational Service Officer – National Probation agency.

Education

2017-Present:  Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice Specialization (Ph.D.), Tbilisi State University;

2018-2019: Comparative Constitutional law (LLM), Central European University;

2013-2015: Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice Specialization (Master’s Degree), Tbilisi State University;

2009-2013: Faculty of Law (Bachelor’s Degree), Tbilisi State University.

Ani joined EMC in April 2016. Her main responsibility is to work on cases related to criminal and administrative offenses and provide legal assistance to the victims and the accused and persons arrested under administrative procedure.  Ani’s activities involve providing legal assistance to victims affected as a result of the abuse of power by the police and the law enforcement agencies in general, as well to those affected by the current drug-policy. At the same time, she is involved in research activities related to the criminal justice sphere. With this purpose, she prepares monitoring reports, policy documents and is involved in the development of legislative initiatives.

Professional Experience

2013-2014: Lawyer – General Inspection of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia;

2012-2013: Court Observer - Transparency International Georgia.

Under the framework of the internship programme, she worked as a lawyer-researcher at the University of Cologne.

Education

2014-2016: Criminology and International Criminal Law - University of Cologne (MA; Germany);

2009-2013: Bachelor of Law - Tbilisi State University.

Tornike joined EMC in June of 2019. His main responsibilities include conducting a researche on human rights, constitutional and criminal justice issues. He works on preparation of reports, researches, articles and policy papers. Tornike also partakes in preparation process of reports, researches, essays, policy documents.  Based on the identified challenges, Tornike is also involved in advocacy process of certain legislations and policies.

Professional Experience

2017-2019: Research Assistant - the project “Strengthening the Parliamentary Oversight Mechanisms Over Security and Interior Affairs Services” funded by “Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF)”

2016-2017: Analyst - Prince David Institute for Law

Education

2019-present: Sociology (Masters Degree) - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2014-2018: Law (Bachelors Degree)- Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Guram joined EMC team in 2013 and in 2019 became the member of the board of directors and manages the organization alongside other members of the board. He is responsible for the management and coordination of the Judiciary and Democracy Programme. The aim of the programme is to promote the establishment of a fair justice system with a high degree of social sensitivity and to insure the creation of law enforcement system with high degree of accountability that is tailored to the specific needs of individuals. To achieve the stated goal, the programme aims to advocate systemic reforms in the court, law-enforcing organs and the security sector to insure governance based on justice, solidarity and on the common good of people. As a programme director, Guram is responsible for planning policies, strategies and positioning and implementing them with the rest of the programme team. Moreover, he is also responsible for organizing, coordinating and supporting the programme team.

Professional Experience

2019-present: Guest lecturer- Ilia State university

2013-2018: Project Coordinator in Judiciary and Democracy program – Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)

2016-2017: Project Director “Drug Policy Research in Georgia” – Human Rights Watch

2013-2015: Lawyer/Researcher at Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC);

Guram is the author/supervisor of up to 10 studies/reports concerning the independence of the judiciary, institutional reform of the judiciary system, drug-policy, political neutrality of the police and institutional organization of law enforcement agencies

Education

2018-2019: Criminology and Criminal Justice – University of Sussex

2013-2015: Master of Criminal Law at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2009-2013: bachelor of Law at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University