Giorgi Meladze is an Associate Professor at the School of Law at Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia. A former activist in the KMARA movement, a youth-led civic initiative opposing Shevardnadze’s regime in the early 2000s, he brings years of experience in training grassroots organizations and human rights activists both in Georgia and internationally. Giorgi is also one of the organizers of the ჯიუტი/GEUT (“Stubborn Resistance”) movement in Georgia.