Documents: Judiciary - Professionalism, competence, efficiency

 Special report on the situation with human rights during Covid-19

  •  13 October 2020
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

The COVID-19 virus pandemic has caused global effects on a scale incomparable to any other event in human history. The fast-growing health crisis, which hit almost every country in the world, is causing unforeseeable economic and social consequences, from which humanity is yet to recover. Given the seriousness and uncertainty of the events, many governments, including ours, considered it necessary to declare a state of emergency in order to properly address the dangers and harms of the new coronavirus. And since in times of а state emergency the Government can take action beyond what would normally be allowed, it also meant an alarm for the vigilance of human rights defenders.

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 Shadow Report on Chapter 23 for the period between April 2019 and March 2020

  •  26 May 2020
  •  Iva Conevska, Ismail Kamberi
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

This Shadow Report streamlines in a coherent unity all findings, conclusions and recommendations deriving from monitoring the areas covered by Chapter 23 -Judiciary and Fundamental Rights. This is the fifth Shadow Report published by the European Policy Institute-Skopje (EPI) while taking into consideration the comments and opinions of the 23 Network members. The previous four Shadow Reports cover the period from October 2014 to July 2015, then the period from July 2015 to April 2016, the period from May 2016 to January 2018 and the period from June 2018 to March 2019.

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 Analysis on the Quality of the Reforms Regarding Appointment, Appointment in Higher Courts and Dismissal of Judges

  •  16 April 2020
  •  Blueprint Group
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Analysis

Continuing its effort in monitoring and participating in the conduction of inclusive and transparent, good quality reforms, the civil society organizations acting in the field of judiciary, which are part of the Blueprint Group for Judicial Reform, conducted this Analysis which elaborates the reformed career flow of the judges, starting from the terms, conditions and procedure for enrollment in the initial training at the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors good quality; the terms, conditions and procedure for election as a judge in the basic and administrative courts; terms, conditions and procedure for election of a judge in the higher courts, grounds and procedure for determining disciplinary liability until termination and dismissal from the judicial office.

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 Public Policy Brief “Implementation of the Strategy for the Reform of the Justice Sector 2017-2022”

  •  19 December 2019
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Policy document

This public policy brief builds on the views expressed in the Public Policy Dialogue held on December 11, 2019 at Hotel Arka in Skopje as part of the “Partnership Justitia” project: Restoring Citizens’ Confidence ”, implemented by the European Policy Institute and the ZENIT Association, funded by the European Union through the Sector for Central Financing and Contracting and co-financed by the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia. The project aims to contribute to restoring citizens’ confidence in the Macedonian justice sector, by significantly involving civil society in essential reforms. The final beneficiaries of this project are the institutions in the field of judiciary. The dialogue consisted of two sessions attended by about 60 representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Council, the Council of Public Prosecutors, judges, public prosecutors, experts in the field, civil society representatives and diplomatic missions in the Republic of North Macedonia.

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 Public Policy Brief "Implementation of the Strategy for the Reform of the Justice Sector 2017-2022"

  •  19 December 2019
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Policy document

This public policy brief builds on the views expressed in the Public Policy Dialogue held on December 11, 2019 at Hotel Arka in Skopje as part of the "Partnership Justitia" project: Restoring Citizens’ Confidence '', implemented by the European Policy Institute and the ZENIT Association, funded by the European Union through the Sector for Central Financing and Contracting and co-financed by the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia. The project aims to contribute to restoring citizens' confidence in the Macedonian justice sector, by significantly involving civil society in essential reforms. The final beneficiaries of this project are the institutions in the field of judiciary. The dialogue consisted of two sessions attended by about 60 representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Council, the Council of Public Prosecutors, judges, public prosecutors, experts in the field, civil society representatives and diplomatic missions in the Republic of North Macedonia.

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 Ветинг процес во судството на Република Северна Македонија

  •  10 December 2019
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Policy document

 Comparative overview of 2018 and 2019 EC assessments in Chapter 23

  •  15 July 2019
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Information

Infographic showing the EC assessments in the Chapter 23 for the Western Balkan’s countries.

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 Анализа на спроведувањето на Стратегијата за реформа на правосудниот сектор (2017-2022) за периодот 2018/2019

  •  28 June 2019
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Analysis

 Prave, fizicki, finansiski pristap do pravda vo sudovite na RSM

  •  01 June 2019
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

 Pravosudstvo - Aktuelni sudski postapki

  •  01 June 2019
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report