Public Defender: The judicial candidates include persons, master’s degrees of which (in the field of law) are not properly certified

The Public Defender of Georgia has published a special report on the selection of Supreme Court judges. According to the report, the High Council of Justice failed to properly check the candidates’ compliance with the legislative requirement, according to which, they should have at least master’s degree or an equivalent academic degree in the field of law.

“Compliance with the aforementioned legislative requirement should have been checked by the High Council of Justice at the initial stage of the process, before registering candidates.

However, it has been found out that both the list of 50 candidates and the candidates submitted to the Parliament include persons, master’s degrees of which (in the field of law) are either not properly certified, or raise serious questions”, reads the report.