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High Council of Justice

1. The High Council of Justice of Georgia – a body of the common courts system – shall be established to ensure the independence
and efficiency of the common courts, to appoint and dismiss judges and to perform other tasks.

2. The High Council of Justice shall consist of 14 members appointed for a term of 4 years, and the Chairperson of the Supreme
Court. More than half of the members of the High Council of Justice shall be members elected from among the judges by the self-
governing body of judges of the common courts. In addition to the members elected by the self-governing body of judges of the
common courts, and the Chairperson of the Supreme Court, the High Council of Justice shall have one member appointed by the
President of Georgia and members elected by a majority of at least three fifths of the total number of the Members of Parliament.
The Chairperson of the High Council of Justice shall be elected for 4 years, but not more than the term defined by his/her term of
office as a member of the High Council of Justice. The Chairperson of the High Council of Justice shall be elected by the High
Council of Justice from among its judge members in accordance with the procedures established by the organic law. The Secretary
of the High Council of Justice shall be elected for 4 years by the self-governing body of judges of the common courts from among
the members of the High Council of Justice that have been elected by the self-governing body of judges of the common courts.

3. The High Council of Justice shall be accountable to the self-governing body of judges of the common courts. The procedure for
accountability shall be determined by the organic law.

4. The competences of the High Council of Justice and the procedures for its establishment and activity shall be determined by the
organic law.

Constitutional Law of Georgia No 1324 of 13 October 2017 – website, 19.10.2017

Constitutional Law of Georgia No 2071 of 23 March 2018 – website, 2.4.2018