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GeNPUD v. House of
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Drug Policy
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March 26, 2018 |
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On March 26, 2018, Tbilisi
City Court Judge Tamar
Chuniashvili delivered a
landmark judgment on
allowing an official
registration of Georgian
Network of People Who Use
Drugs for Human Drug Policy (GeNPUD).
The lawsuit was prepared on
behalf of GeNPUD with the
legal support provided by
lawyer Levan Jorbenadze,
after the LEPL National
Agency of Public Registry's
decision GeNPUD was rejected
for official state
registration. The
registration rejection was
based only on the name
"problem" because in the
opinion of public registry
the name of GeNPUD seemed to
be an attempt “to put the
illegal activities in legal
framework", which was
unfounded and violated our
community’s fundamental
rights guaranteed by the
Constitution and the
European Convention. In the
lawsuit and during the trial
among legal arguments versus
the Public Registry was used
the Strasbourg Court’s
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GeNPUD Executive Director
Konstantin Labartkava’s, as well
as the representatives’ of
ruling bodies of the
organization and the members
make statement that the Court's
26 March 2018 judgment is an
important means for the
protection of our rights and
interests and the new
opportunities to fight for our
health and the rights and to
further strengthen the
democratic values in our
country. The Judgment is one of
the most important cases in the
path of democratic development
of our country, freedom of
expression and the
establishment of effective drug
policy. |
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