Dr. Dr. Lela Janashvili

Date of Birth: 14.10.1970

Work experience:

Since March 1, 2022 ― President of Personal Data Protection Service;

2015-2022 ― Executive Director of the Institute for the Spanish Law Studies, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University;

2012-2022 ― Head of Internationalization and Scientific Research Department; Faculty of Law, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University;

2006-2011 ― Head of the Secretariat of the Academic Council of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University;

2004-2009 ― Scientific researcher of the Constitutional Law Department at Tinatin Tsereteli Institute of  the State and Law;

2003-2004 ― Senior Advisor of National Security Council of Georgia;

1993-2003/2004-2006 ― Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, Prosecutor of the International Relations Division of the Legal Support Department; Intern, Intern-Prosecutor, Prosecutor (Division for Supervision of Judicial Acts in Civil and Arbitration Cases; State Prosecution Support Division; Juvenile Justice Oversight Division of the Prosecution and Investigation Procedure Management)

Academic activities:

Since 2015 ― Associate Professor of Legal Theories of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Law;

Since February 1, 2022 ― Visiting Lecturer of Barcelona Autonomous University;

2016, 2018, 2021-2022 ― Visiting Lecturer of University of Granada, University of Santiago de Compostela, University of La Coruña in the frames of Erasmus Teaching mobility of the academic staff members;

2009-2015 ― Assistant-Professor of Legal Theories of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

Scientific Research Projects:

 2019 ― Seasonal School/International Conference: “European Security and Modern Constitutional State (example of Georgia)”, Principal Investigator, Donor Organization: LLLP — Shota Rustaveli National Scientific Foundation;

2017-2019 ― “The Specification of Spanish Toponyms, Anthroponyms and Professional Terms (in the areas of Linguistic-Literary, Legal and Public Administration) and the Development of Norms for their Application in the Georgian Language”, Key Investigator, Donor Organization: LLLP — Shota Rustaveli National Scientific Foundation;

2015-2016 ― “The Ways of Solving Problems of Territorial Organization of Georgia Through the Comparative-Legal Analysis of Territorial Organization of Belgium and Spain”, Principal Investigator, Donor Organization: LLLP — Shota Rustaveli National Scientific Foundation;

2013-2014 ― “Creating a New Europe - Europeanization of the Georgian National Security Concept”, Individual Grant/Researcher, Donor Organization: Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSF-GFGP- Global Faculty Grants Program – research/publications Grant).

Academic Papers:

Lela Janashvili, Giorgi Amilakhvari (coordinators), Article/conference materials: “European Security and Modern Constitutional State (example of Georgia)”, “Samshoblo”, Tbilisi, 2021, pp. 19-30; 1-234;

Marine Kobeshavidze, Sophio Pheikrishvili, Lela Janashvili, Ketevan Khuskivadze (co-authors), monography: “The Specification of Spanish Toponyms, Anthroponyms and Professional Terms (in the areas of Linguistic-Literary, Legal and Public Administration) and the Development of Norms for their Application in the Georgian Language”, “Universal”, 2020, p. 201;

Doctoral Thesis: “Human trafficking y la prevención administrativa de una nueva esclavitud”, Departament de Dret Públic i de Ciències Historicojurídiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019, 326;

Article: “Derechos Humanos y Human Trafficking: Analisis de sus factores y elementos”, in the collection of articles: Seguridad Humana y Derechos En Defenza del Estado de Derecho, “Universidad del Norte”, 2019, p. 149-166;

Article: "Civil Disobedience – Hallmark of Democracy Versus Violation of the Law", in the Collection of articles dedicated to Professor Irodion Surguladze, Pheradze (coordinator), 2018;

Lela Janashvili, Giorgi Gogiashvili (co-authors), monography: "Ways to Solve the Problems of the Territorial Arrangement of Georgia in the Light of the Comparative-Legal Analysis of the Territorial Arrangement of Belgium and Spain“, 2017;

Article: “Orden Constitucional y eleccion de la politica exterior de Georgia (objetivos, problemas y perspectivas”, in the collection of articles: En Defenza del Estado de Estudios sobre las tensiones entre la seguridad y la libertad en el mundo de hoy, “Universidad del Norte”, 2016, p. 77-89;

Lela Janashvili, Giorgi Gogiashvili (co-authors), "Modern Problems of the State Territorial Organization", “Journal of Law”, № 2, 2016, 52-68.

Partnership with International Research Centers:

Since 2021 ― Member of the Department of Human Security named after Prof. Manuel Ballbé of the Autonomous University Barcelona;

2020 ― Extraordinary doctoral degree of the Autonomous University of Barcelona for an outstanding doctoral career;

Since 2011 ― Researcher of the research group of the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona: "Freedom, Democracy and Transformation of States";

Since 2015 ― Coordinator of the Inter-University network for the Study of the Constitutional Transformation of the States (Universities of Italy Salento and Bari Aldo Moro, Spain ― Universities of Seville, Cadiz and Autonomous University of Barcelona, Columbia University of Barranca and TSU);

Since 2019, July 24 - August 20 ― Researcher of the Department for the Public Law and Historical and Legal Science of Autonomous University Barcelona);

2010, August 1-14 ―Visiting Lecturer, Open Society Georgia Foundation ― Hesp ReSet, OSI, International Regional Project “Eternal Capitals” Log-In ID: 40020278 Project Code: E1106 Project Name: ReSET 2009/Conception of Eternal Capitals-From Ancient Cosmopolitan Cities to Modern Megapolises, Istanbul, Turkey;

2009-2011 ― Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spanish Agency for Development and International Cooperation, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Public Law and Historical and Legal Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Education:

March 21, 2019 ― Doctor in Law (Ph.D.) Doctoral Program in Human Security and Global Public Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona;

1999-2001 ― Candidate of Juridical Sciences, equal to Doctor of Law, Department of Constitutional Law of the Institute of State and Law, Georgian National Academy of Sciences;

1988-1993 ― Lawyer, Lawyer Qualification, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Law.

Foreign Languages:

Spanish, English, Russian, Catalan

Since July 3, 2019, till  February 28, 2022  Londa Toloraia has been carrying out the authority of the State Inspector.

Tamar Kaldani served as a Personal Data Protection Inspector from July, 2013 to May 10, 2019 and as a State Inspector till July 3, 2019.