Documents: Judiciary - Professionalism, competence, efficiency

This brief summarises the key developments about the rule of law in view of EU accession in North Macedonia from January to March 2023. It includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform and chapter 23: judiciary and fundamental rights.

This brief summarises the key developments in relation to rule of law in view of EU accession in North Macedonia for the period October – December 2022. It includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform, and Chapter 23: judiciary and fundamental rights.

This brief summarises the key developments in relation to rule of law in view of EU accession in North Macedonia for the period October – December 2022. It includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform, and

The rule of law principle is one of the core values comprising the foundations of the European Union. It entails that all public powers act within the boundaries set by the law, in accordance with the values of democracy and respect for fundamental rights. While candidate countries must comply with this principle and adapt the functioning of their institutions accordingly, member states of the EU are also not exempt from this obligation, or the consequences arising from non-compliance.

This brief provides a summary of three reports analyzing the independence of the judiciary in the Republic of North Macedonia, and the resulting recommendations to improve the situation.

The period planned for the implementation of the Judicial Reform Strategy started in 2017 and ends in 2022. The Blueprint Group regularly monitored the implementation of the Strategy in the past years and this year, and actively produced analyses, reports and other documents that presented the findings of the monitoring to the public and brought the reform process in the justice sector closer to the citizens. The Analysis for the Comprehensive Assessment of the Implementation of the Strategy (the Analysis) aims to provide a comprehensive  More