Tsulukiani Commission
The Parliamentary Temporary Investigative Commission Investigating the Activities of the Regime and Its Political Officials in 2003-2012 (Georgian: 2003-2012 წლებში მოქმედი რეჟიმისა და რეჟიმის პოლიტიკური თანამდებობის პირების საქმიანობის შემსწავლელი დროებითი საგამოძიებო კომისიის, romanized: 2003-2012 ts'lebshi mokmedi rezhimisa da rezhimis p'olit'ik'uri tanamdebobis p'irebis sakmianobis shemsts'avleli droebiti sagamodziebo k'omisiis), also known as the "Tsulukiani Commission" (Georgian: წულუკიანის კომისია, romanized: ts'uluk'ianis k'omisia), is a parliamentary body established on 5 February 2025 by the Parliament of Georgia under the leadership of Thea Tsulukiani, a prominent member of the ruling Georgian Dream party. In public discourse the commission is directly identified with its chair Tsulukiani.
Its stated purpose was to investigate alleged misconduct and criminal activities of the preceding government, the United National Movement (UNM), from 2003 to 2012, a period largely coinciding with Mikheil Saakashvili's presidency. Media has also referred to it as an "anti-UNM commission", to describe what is widely seen as retributive intent. In March 2025, the commission's mandate was expanded to include the period after Georgian Dream came to power in 2012, extending up to 2024.
The Tsulukiani Commission presented its report to the Parliament of Georgia in early September 2025. The final report, stretching over 470 pages, comprehensively condemned the rule of the United National Movement (UNM) from 2004 to 2012. It held the UNM administration responsible for extensive human rights abuses, such as "systemic torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners" (see Gldani prison scandal) and blamed it for the August 2008 war with Russia. The report also condemned the Rose Revolution, which led to the UNM's rise to power, as "coup". It additionally claimed that present-day opposition parties and NGOs were working to undermine Georgia’s national interests, in close association with the UNM.
The activities of the commission involved the public hearing in the building of the Georgian Parliament of various individuals, including various alleged victims of the UNM government. In June 2025, the several of Georgia's leading opposition figures refused to testify before the Tsulukiani Commission, which resulted in them being sentenced to several months of imprisonment. The work of the commission has drawn extensive criticism from some authors.