GEORGIAN YOUNG LAWYERS' ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

Published on 14 April 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 31069/24GEORGIAN YOUNG LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION and Othersagainst Georgialodged on 21 October 2024communicated on 24 March 2025SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application has been lodged by 120 civil society organisations and 16 media outlets as well as by four individual applicants (“the individual applicants,” see applicants nos. 3, 33, 79, and 83 in the appendix below). The case concerns alleged interference with the applicants’ rights under Articles 8, 10, and 11 of the Convention, considered alone and in conjunction with Articles 13, 14, and 18, following the adoption of the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence (“the TFI Act”).On 28 May 2024 the Georgian Parliament enacted the TFI Act, which came into force on 3 August 2024. The law consists of 11 Sections, with the final two (Sections 10-11) containing merely procedural and tra …