Lela Janashvili

სამსახურის უფროსი

President of The Personal Data Protection Service shall manage the Personal Data Protection Service.

The Parliament of Georgia shall elect the President of The Personal Data Protection Service for a 6 year term.

President of The Personal Data Protection Service  shall be independent in exercising his/her powers and shall not be subordinate to any official or body.

President  of The Personal Data Protection service is inviolable. Any type of influence on the President of The Personal Data Protection service or illegal interference with his/her activities, shall be prohibited and is punishable by law.

Since march, 2022, Lela Janashvili has been carrying out the authority of the President of The Personal Data Protection service

 

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  Department of Legal Methods of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Law;

Since October 17, 2024  ― Associate Professor of Public Law and Legal History Stadies Departments of the Autonomous University of Barcelona;

February 1, 2022 - October 17, 2024  ― 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