GNDEM Expresses Its Ongoing Serious Concern Over the Continued Closing of Civic Space in Georgia and Stands in Solidarity with Georgian Civic Organizations
The Global Network for Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM) expresses its ongoing serious concern over the continued closing of civic space in Georgia. Most recently, the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) presented court orders to a number of civic organizations, including GNDEM member the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), requiring them to provide essentially […]
Georgia | The Anti-Corruption Bureau requests information about beneficiaries of ISFED
On June 23, 2025, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) presented a court order to our member organization International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) granting the ACB’s motion, which demands virtually all information held by the organization from January 1, 2024, to June 10, 2025, including legally protected personal data of the organization’s beneficiaries and […]
Georgia | Levan Natroshvili will be the new Executive Director of ISFED
Georgian EPDE member The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (“ISFED”) has a new Executive Director. After the expiration of Nino Dolidze’s term of office as defined by the organization’s charter, the organization’s board elected Levan Natroshvili as the new executive director. Levan Natroshvili has held the position of Deputy Executive Director of ISFED […]
Georgia | Changes adopted by the CEC decree substantially restrict the ability to effectively monitor the electoral process
ISFED responds to the April 3, 2025, changes made by the Central Election Commission (CEC) to the decree “On Defining Rules and Conditions for Voting Conducted Through Electronic Devices,” which substantially restricts the rights of observers on election day and the ability to effectively monitor the electoral process. The following article is being added to the decree, […]
Georgia | ISFED is looking for a new Executive Director
EPDE’s Georgian member, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), is hiring a new Executive Director. Workload: full-timeLocation: Tbilisi, GeorgiaApplication deadline: April 10, 2025Starting date: May 2025 *** please see Isfed.ge for any updates*** ISFED is an independent, non-partisan, membership-based, non-governmental organization, founded in 1995. ISFED carries out a mission to support democratic development […]
Georgia | “Tightening the Russian law to intimidate citizens is unconstitutional”
On 1 April, Georgia’s one-party parliament, controlled by Georgian Dream (GD), passed the new “Foreign Agents Registration Act” (FARA) that further restricts civil society and independent media ahead of the October 4 local elections. EPDE member The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) along with more than 100 Georgian CSOs, published a joint […]
Georgia’s 2024 Parliamentary Elections Final Monitoring Report
Ahead of the 2024 parliamentary elections, the Georgian Dream party reached the maximum level of its years-long consolidation of power as manifested through the complete capture of state institutions. All types of administrative resources – coercive, regulatory, institutional, financial, and media – were used for the elections to ensure the ruling party’s victory. During the […]
A Stolen Election and a Stolen Future: Georgia’s Defiant Resistance
A stolen election, a stolen future—Georgia stands at a crossroads. In the face of political betrayal, violent repression, and shattered democratic aspirations, a defiant resistance has emerged. From the streets of Tbilisi to international political platforms, the fight for free and fair elections is intensifying. The vast majority of Georgians demand new elections. Will the […]
Assessment of Elections
The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (thereafter ISFED) believesthat during Georgia’s 2024 parliamentary elections, four of the five core principles ofdemocratic elections – universal, free, equal, and secret vote, were violated. The combination of fundamental violations observed by ISFED during the pre-electionperiod and on election day of the 2024 parliamentary elections, affected the […]
ISFED: The illegitimate parliament subordinates the municipal representative body electoral system to the interests of the Georgian Dream
The statement was first published on ISFED’s website. On December 13, 2024, the illegitimate Parliament of Georgia unilaterally and in an accelerated manner amended the Organic Law of Georgia “Election Code of Georgia” and significantly increased the share of the majoritarian component in the mixed electoral system for the elections of the representative body of […]