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Giorgi Meladze

Direction:Public Law
Position:Associate Professor

Mr. Meladze received his law degree from TSU and continued studies through Public Interest Law Inititive program at Columbia University School of Law – NY. After graduation he worked with Article 19 and Brennan center for Justice. He is a member of Liberty Institute since 2000 and works closely with various human Rights groups in Georgia as well as in various countris of Asia, Eastern Europe and South America. He was acting member of the advisory committee with Framework Convention of National Minorites – Council of Europe and served as member of the Board of Georgia’s Public Broadcaster. In 2005-06 he worked with EU supported working group on reform of legal education in Georgia.

Since 2004 Mr. Meladze teaches Media Law, Freedom of Religion, Human Rights and General principles of public Law at various state and private universities in Georgia. Since 2013 he works with Ilia State University initially as assistant Professor and later as Associate Professor. He is also director of Center for Constitutional Research.

Mr. Meladze has academic publication, translations, participates in academic conferences. His research projects have been supported at various times by US National Science Foundation, Oslo University, US State Department and The Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation.

Scientific interests / research interests

Media Law, Chirch and State, Jury Trials, Civil Disobedience Campaigns

Featured publications

  • Giorgi Meladze, “Why History Matters: Georgia’s Soviet Legal Inheritance and the Structural Origins of Democratic Decline,” Peripheral Histories, March 12, 2026
  • Giorgi Meladze and Srdja Popovic, “How to Defend the Vote from Authoritarians,” Journal of Democracy, October 15, 2024
  • Nikolai Kovalev and Giorgi Meladze, “Trial by Jury as a Catalyst for Evolving Independent Courts in Georgia,” in Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective, ed. Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Shari Seidman Diamond, Valerie P. Hans, and Nancy S. Marder (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020) – Won The American Psychology-Law Society Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award 2024

Books

  • Thomas A. Mauet, Trial Techniques and Trials, 11th ed. (New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2016); Georgian translation published as საქმის წარმოება სასამართლოში, პრაქტიკული სახელმძღვანელო, trans. and scientific ed. Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi, 2024), translation supported by the U.S. Embassy in Georgia;
  • Neil Vidmar and Valerie P. Hans, American Juries: The Verdict (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2007), Georgian translation published as ამერიკელი ნაფიცი მსაჯულები – ვერდიქტი scientific ed. Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi, 2019), translation supported by the U.S. Embassy in Georgia
  • Tony Honoré, About Law: An Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995); Georgian translation published as მოკლე შესავალი სამართალმცოდნეობაში, trans. and scientific ed. Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi, 2016), translation project supported by Ilia State University
  • Mark Tushnet, Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2014); Georgian translation published as შედარებითი კონსტიტუციური სამართლის საწყისები, scientific ed. Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi, 2016), translation project supported by Ilia State University
  • Stefan Trechsel and Sarah Summers, Human Rights in Criminal Proceedings (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006); Georgian translation published as ადამიანის უფლებები სისხლის სამართლის პროცესში, translation editor Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi, 2009), translation project supported by United Nations Development Programme
  • Freedom of Religion, ed. and co-author Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi: Liberty Institute, 2005) (in Georgian); რელიგიის თავისუფლება, შემდგენელი რედაქტორი გიორგი მელაძე (თბილისი: თავისუფლების ინსტიტუტი, 2005)
  • Introduction to Human Rights, ed. Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi: Liberty Institute, 2005) (in Georgian); ადამიანის უფლებები, დამხმარე სახელმძღვანელო, რედ. გიორგი მელაძე (თბილისი: თავისუფლების ინსტიტუტი, 2005)
  • Article 19, International Standards of Freedom of Expression, ed. Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi: Liberty Institute, 2004) (in Georgian); გამოხატვის თავისუფლების საერთაშორისო სტანდარტები, რედ. გიორგი მელაძე (თბილისი: თავისუფლების ინსტიტუტი, 2004)

An extensive list of publications

  • Giorgi Meladze, “Why History Matters: Georgia’s Soviet Legal Inheritance and the Structural Origins of Democratic Decline,” Peripheral Histories, March 12, 2026
  • Giorgi Meladze and Konstantine Chakhunashvili , “HE Reforms Will Shape Georgia’s Future Democratic Prospects,” University World News, March 4, 2026
  • Giorgi Meladze, “Movement without Memory: Tracing Rise and Fall of Georgian Civil Society,” Eurasianet, February 27, 2026
  • Giorgi Meladze, “Saving Georgia’s Judiciary Requires an Examination of the Past,” OC Media, February 27, 2026
  • Giorgi Meladze, Konstantine Chakhunashvili, and Nadia Assad, “Georgia at the Crossroads: The MEGOBARI Act as a Rule-of-Law Lifeline,” The Global Anticorruption Blog, November 13, 2025
  •  Giorgi Meladze and Nadia Assad, “Why Georgia’s Democracy Is Collapsing,” Journal of Democracy, July 7, 2025
  • Albert Cevallos, Giorgi Meladze, Jemhra Rose Garcia, Amy Leon, Nadia Asaad, Raluca Ioana Grigoras, and Willem Van Asselt, Defending the Vote from Authoritarians: Lessons for Nonviolent Movements (Belgrade: Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies, March 24, 2025)
  • Giorgi Meladze and Nana Shamatava, “Universities at the Centre of National Democracy Struggles,” University World News, March 12, 2025
  • Giorgi Meladze and Srdja Popovic, “How to Defend the Vote from Authoritarians,” Journal of Democracy, October 15, 2024
  • Cecilia Lero, Giorgi Meladze, and Srdja Popovic, “Understanding the Landscape: Georgia’s Upcoming Elections to Decide Whether It’s the End of Democratic Transformation or a New Start,” Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies, September 30, 2024
  • Giorgi Meladze, Mariam Lortkipanidze, Malkhaz Nakashidze, Lasha Shainidze, and Giorgi Chitidze, “Community Policing Reform in Post-Soviet Georgia: Decoding the Persistent Challenges through Soviet Legacies,” Constitutional Law Review (2023)
  • Giorgi Meladze, “Lifting the Language Curtain and Affirming Georgia’s Nonviolent History,” Minds of the Movement, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, March 8, 2023
  • Giorgi Meladze, Saba Brachveli, Tamar Gegelia, and Teona Gelashvili, Limits of the Criminal Law (Tbilisi, 2021) (in Georgian)
  • Giorgi Meladze, “Human Rights on the Scales of the Georgian State,” in Ghia Nodia and Thomas Schrapel, eds., Damoukideblobidan Tavisuplebisaken: Rogor Icvleba Sakhelmtsipo da Sazogadoeba Akhal Sakartveloshi [From Independence to Freedom: How the State and Society Are Changing in the New Georgia] (Tbilisi: Cezanne, 2021), 101–135
  • Nikolai Kovalev and Giorgi Meladze, “Trial by Jury as a Catalyst for Evolving Independent Courts in Georgia,” in Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective, ed. Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Shari Seidman Diamond, Valerie P. Hans, and Nancy S. Marder (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020) – Won The American Psychology-Law Society Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award 2024
  • Giorgi Meladze and Giorgi Mumladze, “Constitutional Agreement: History, Public Discussions and Impact on the Protection of the Rights of Minorities in Georgia,” Constitutional Law Review (2017)
  • Giorgi Meladze and Giorgi Noniashvili, “The Issue of Registration of Religious Organizations in Georgian Legislation,” Constitutional Law Review (2016)
  • Giorgi Meladze and Karlo Godoladze, “Constitution for ‘All’ or for ‘Chosen Few’: Problems of Constitution-Making in Georgia,” Constitutional Law Review, (2015)
  • Giorgi Meladze, Amicus Curiae Brief in the Case of the Supreme Court Submission to the Constitutional Court for Further Clarification of Article 306 of the Criminal Procedure Code (2015) (in Georgian); მელაძე გ., სასამართლო მეგობრის პოზიცია საქმეზე: უზენაესი სასამართლოს წარდგინება სისხლის სამართლის საპროცესო კოდექსის ზოგიერთი მუხლის არაკონსტიტუციურად ცნობის თაობაზე – მომზადდა საკონსტიტუციო სასამართლოსთვის (2015)
  • Giorgi Meladze and Ketevan Godoladze, “Instrumentalization of the Constitution: Story of Post-Revolutionary Constitution-Making,” accepted research paper for the 9th International Congress of Constitutional Law, Norway, 2014
  • Giorgi Meladze, Amicus Curiae Brief on Freedom of Expression in Potskhishvili v. Asaval–Dasavali, submitted to the Supreme Court of Georgia (2011); მელაძე გ., სასამართლო მეგობრის პოზიცია საქმეზე: ფოცხიშვილი ასავალ-დასავალის წინააღმდეგ, მომზადებულია საქართველოს უზენაესი სასამართლოსთვის (2011)
  • Giorgi Meladze, Protecting Religious Minorities in Georgia – Analysis of Legal Framework (Tbilisi: Tolerance and Diversity Institute, 2010) (in Georgian), http://www.tolerantoba.ge/index.php?id=1281619861&kat=293; მელაძე გ., რელიგიურ უმცირესობათა დაცვა საქართველოში – მოქმედი კანონმდებლობის ანალიზი (თბილისი: ტოლერანტობისა და მრავალფეროვნების ინსტიტუტი, 2010)
  • Giorgi Meladze, Volunteerism – International Experiences and Law Reform in Georgia (Tbilisi: Eurasia Foundation, 2010) (in Georgian); მელაძე გ., მოხალისეობა – საერთაშორისო პრაქტიკის ანალიზი და საქართველოს კანონმდებლობის რეფორმა (თბილისი: ევრაზიის ფონდი, 2010)
  • UNDP, National Human Development Report 2008: The Reforms and Beyond (Tbilisi: United Nations Development Programme, 2008), chapter on Rule of Law Reforms in Georgia by Giorgi Meladze
  • Giorgi Meladze, Various Methods of Participatory Decision-Making (Tbilisi: Liberty Institute, 2007) (in Georgian); მელაძე გ., საზოგადოებრივი მონაწილეობის ფორმები და მეთოდები (თბილისი: თავისუფლების ინსტიტუტი, 2007)
  • Giorgi Meladze, “Law and Revolution: Formation of the New Legal Tradition in Georgia,” Turkish Policy Quarterly (2007)
  • Giorgi Meladze and Giorgi Kandelaki, “Enough! KMARA and the Rose Revolution in Georgia,” in Reclaiming Democracy: Civil Society and Electoral Change in Central and Eastern Europe (Washington, DC: The German Marshall Fund of the United States, 2007)
  • Barbara Mytton and Giorgi Meladze, “Legal Education in Transition: A Study from Georgia,” Web Journal of Current Legal Issues (2006), UK
  • Freedom of Religion, ed. and co-author Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi: Liberty Institute, 2005) (in Georgian); რელიგიის თავისუფლება, შემდგენელი რედაქტორი გიორგი მელაძე (თბილისი: თავისუფლების ინსტიტუტი, 2005)
  • Introduction to Human Rights, ed. Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi: Liberty Institute, 2005) (in Georgian); ადამიანის უფლებები, დამხმარე სახელმძღვანელო, რედ. გიორგი მელაძე (თბილისი: თავისუფლების ინსტიტუტი, 2005)
  • Article 19, International Standards of Freedom of Expression, ed. Giorgi Meladze (Tbilisi: Liberty Institute, 2004) (in Georgian); გამოხატვის თავისუფლების საერთაშორისო სტანდარტები, რედ. გიორგი მელაძე (თბილისი: თავისუფლების ინსტიტუტი, 2004)

Current Courses

Human Rights Law; Introduction to Jurisprudence; Constitutional Law - Contemporary Problems

Introduction to Jurisprudence; Introduction to Public Law

Course Catalog

Introduction to Law - BA, 2013 – 2018

Introduction to Public Law - BA, 2013 – 2018

Human Rights - BA, 2014 – 2018

Media Law - MA, 2014 – 2018

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