Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia Activity (PROLoG)
2015 – 2021
PROLoG was a five-year USAID-funded human rights and justice support program that aimed to strengthen the justice system in Georgia to ensure due process, judicial independence, and the protection of human rights. The activity was designed to address key challenges in the rule of law sector and capitalize on opportunities for accelerated rule of law and justice sector reforms where there was political will and/or interest from civil society. PROLoG strengthened the legal environment for the application of due process rights and improved their implementation.
PROLoG built on the successes of EWMI’s prior rule of law program, the Judicial Independence and Legal Empowerment Project (JILEP), which was also funded by USAID, in particular by continuing cooperation with the government counterparts at the High Council of Justice (HCOJ), the High School of Justice (HSOJ), the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), and Legal Aid Services (LAS), as well as with a variety of non-governmental organizations, including all members of the Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary.
EWMI worked with the following sub-recipients to implement PROLoG: Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), Transparency International – Georgia (TI-G); the Caucasus Research and Resource Center (CRRC); the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC); LexisNexis; the Northwestern School of Law; and the Washburn University School of Law. EWMI also delivered grants to support additional actors to protect human rights and promote the rule of law in Georgia.
Publications
Impact Stories
The Parliament of Georgia greatly expanded women’s labor rights via amendments to the Labor Code that were shaped by the guidance and expertise of the USAID-funded Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia Activity (PROLoG). Passed on September 29, 2020 after 18 months of discussions with different social partners and intense ...
Religious minorities living in the mountainous Adjara region of Georgia had the opportunity to seek legal advice on matters of violence and discrimination based on gender and religion thanks to a mobile legal clinic organized by the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC). The two-day clinic was held on August 24-25 ...
On July 7, the Tbilisi City Court decided a case litigated by EWMI grantee, Partnership for Human Rights (PHR). Through a EWMI PROLoG-supported project, “Strengthening Child Access to Justice in Georgia,” PHR provides legal aid to children and their guardians in cases where there is a violation of the rights ...
Students in Georgia have been working together to find creative ways to raise awareness about the discrimination faced by religious and ethnic minorities and foreigners residing in Georgia. Supported by the EWMI-PROLoG grant, “Promoting Diversity, Enhancing Dialogue and Empowering Minorities and Women,” the Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI) invited students ...
With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the East-West Management Institute, Inc. (EWMI), a New York-based not-for-profit dedicated to promoting the rule of law and strengthening civil society around the world, has supported the development of two new web applications to help the judiciaries of Albania ...
