Anna Dolidze (Georgian: ანა დოლიძე) is a public interest lawyer from Georgia. In 2004–2006 Dolidze was the President of the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association, the leading human rights organization in Georgia.[1] Dolidze targeted legal reform, advocated for government transparency, accountability, and criminal justice reform. [2] Dolidze represented in court the victims of human rights abuses, including journalist Irakli Imnaishvili, "rebel judges" (four Justices of the Supreme Court that refused to resign under pressure),[3] and Tamar Maisuradze, one of the main witnesses against high ranking security officials in the Sandro Girgvliani Murder Case. Anna Dolidze was a leader of the social movement to punish murderers of Sandro Girgvliani.[4]
She served on boards of a number of important organizations in Georgia such as the Georgia Media Council, the Stakeholders Committee of the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Georgia, the Human Rights Monitoring Council of the Penitentiary and Detention Places, and the National Commission against Trafficking in Persons.
Dolidze is a sought-after speaker and writer on the human rights issues in Caucasus and Central Eurasia.[5]
Dolidze has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal,[6] the Washington Times,[7] the Washington Post,[8] dozens of legal publications, on radio and television on issues related to Georgia and the former Soviet Union.[9] Dolidze is a frequent contributor to the National Interest,[10] Georgian weekly magazine Liberal,[11] monthly magazine Solidarity, published by the Ombudsman of Georgia,[12] and the International Law Observer.[13] Dolidze was featured as a subject of Agents for Change campaign of the Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund.[14]