Decree No. 1 of 21 March 2020 of President of Georgia on Measures to be Implemented in Connection with Declaration of State of Emergency throughout Whole Territory of Georgia

This Decree of the Georgian President provides for measures to be implemented in connection with the declaration of a state of emergency due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). It provides that, in connection with the declaration of a state of emergency throughout the whole territory of Georgia, taking into account the mass spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the increasing challenge facing the country, for the purposes of an appropriate response to the pandemic announced by the World Health Organization and in order for the State to fulfil its constitutional obligations to ensure necessary public security in a democratic society, to reduce any possible threat to the life and health of the country’s population, and to control the situation, in accordance with Article 71(3) and (4) of the Constitution of Georgia and Article 2(3) and (4) of the Law of Georgia on State of Emergency, the rights referred to in Articles 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21 and 26 of the Constitution of Georgia shall be restricted for the duration of the state of emergency throughout the whole territory of Georgia. The Decree also provides that the Government of Georgia shall be authorised to restrict rights to property, if necessary, and to use the property and material resources of natural and legal persons for quarantine, isolation and medical purposes.