High Council of Justice member selected

A Georgian lawyer has been selected to fill a vacant position on the High Council of Justice.

Georgias President Giorgi Magvelashvili appointed Vakhtang Mchedlishvili as a new Council member. Mchedlishvili was nominated by the organization Georgian Lawyers for Independent Profession.

A lawyer by profession, Mchedlishvili has worked in the High Council of Georgia and the Supreme Court, was a member of the Bar Association and also participated in the law-making process.

In 2013, he was appointed the countrys Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. Currently he is an Assistant Professor at Tbilisi State University.

Mchedlishvili gained research internships at the Free University of Berlin (FU) and Emory University in Atlanta, USA.

A competition for the member position on the High Council of Justice was announced by the Georgian President on December 30, 2013. Fourteen candidates participated in the contest.