Your application must be submitted in writing.
Form
You need to fill in a specific form approved by the Constitutional Court. It has to be signed by the complainant (complainants).
The application is submitted to the organisational department of the Constitutional Court.
Language
The working language of the Constitutional Court is Georgian. The court is obliged to provide an interpreter to the participant of the proceedings who does not speak or understand Georgian.
Content
In your application you need to clearly indicate:
- the name of Constitutional Court
- the names and addresses of the applicant and defendant
- the name of the disputed legal act, the name of its recipient/issuer and the date of receipt/issue- the facts of your situation (what has happened)
- legal arguments and evidence supporting your claim that your rights have been violated
- what you are asking the Constitutional Court to declare
- the provisions of the Constitution of Georgia and this law, which give the plaintiff the right to file a constitutional lawsuit
- the list and addresses of the persons who, according to the applicant, should be summoned by the Constitutional Court
Documents
You have to add all the documents (especially complaints you have made and the responses you received) that are related to the situation you are complaining about to your application.
The following documents are required to be attached to a constitutional claim:
- a text of the impugned normative act
- a document certifying the authorization, as well as indicating the addresses, of a claimant’s representatives and defenders of their interests
- a document issued by a bank institution certifying payment of the court fee
- an electronic version of a constitutional complaint
Address
Applications must be sent to the following address:
E-mail: const@constcourt.ge
The Constitutional Court of Georgia Batumi | N8/10 K. Gamsakhurdia St.
Batumi | N16.18 M. Abashidze St.
Georgia
Legal aid
You have the right to entrust the protection of their interests to a lawyer or another person with a higher legal education at any stage of the proceedings.