Anna Dolidze

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Anna Dolidze (Georgian: ანა დოლიძე) is a Georgian democracy activist. Currently, Dolidze is Albert Podell Global Fellow at the New York University Law School [1] Previously, Anna Dolidze was hosted as a Visiting Fellow at the Harriman Institute of the Columbia University [2] Till 2007 Dolidze was a Chair of an influential Georgian non-governmental organization, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association [3] She has contributed to the work of a number of important organizations such as the Georgia Media Council[4], the Stakeholders Committee of the Millennium Challenge Georgia Fund[5], and the Human Rights Monitoring Council of the Penitentiary and Detention Places. Dolidze has graduated with a law degree from Tbilisi State University [6]and has completed extensive studies in Europe, including receiving a Master's degree in Public International Law at Leiden University in the Netherlands [7] In addition to her activities with the GYLA, Dolidze speaks in the Western world about the current situation in Georgia [8]. Dolidze frequently criticizes the government for human rights abuses and lack of committement to rule of law [9].

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• Interview with The Georgian Times concerning a prison revolt
• The Georgian Young Lawyers' Association website in Georgian, but also available in English.
• conference paper concerning freedom of information legislation
• [10]on reforms in Georgia
• [11]on political situation in Georgia
• interview on the arrest of University Rector
• article on the high profile Zerekidze case
• interview on newly established plea-bargaining system
• Dolidze's anti-Saakashvili blog