The Shadow Report on Chapter 23 unifies all the findings, conclusions and recommendations that resulted from the monitoring of the areas structured in Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights into a single coherent entirety. In fact, this is the third Shadow Report published by “Network 23”. The previous two cover the periods of October 2014-July 2015 and July 2015-April 2016.
This report encompasses the period between the beginning of May 2016 and the end of January 2018. The report’s period has been extended in order to correspond to the new cycle of European Commission reports, which are to be released in April.
Taking into consideration the long-standing and deep political and institutional crisis in the country following the disclosure of the wiretapped conversations by the then opposition, currently ruling authorities led by the Social-Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), starting in February 2015, the period that is subject of this report could be clearly divided into three key stages as following:
- Period prior to the early parliamentary elections on 11 December 2016;
- Transition period after the elections and before the formation of the new Government on 31 May 2017; and
- Period from the election of the new Government until the end of January 2018.
About the project:
The project “Network 23+” implemented by the European Policy Institute - Skopje and the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights aims at providing structured contribution of the civil society in monitoring and assessing the policies included in Chapter 23 of the EU Acquis – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights. The project is financed by the European Union.