nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200511-133623-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200511s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200511-133623-0 doi eng 342 23 Chitidze, Giorgi Author aut Georgia’s Coronation of an Orwellian Doublethink Chitidze, Giorgi Verfassungsblog 2020-05-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 21 March 2020, Georgia declared a nationwide State of Emergency for one month in an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19. The decree has recently been extended until May 22, 2020. To date, Georgia is among the countries with the least infected population and the mortality rate remains low (635 confirmed cases, 10 deaths, and 309 fully recovered as of May 10, 2020). Despite the relative success within the medical sphere, the rule of law, democracy and human rights are facing an epidemic of unseen scale. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Coronavirus COVID 19 Emergency Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/georgias-coronation-of-an-orwellian-doublethink/ raw object