
A report on Judicial Self-Governing Bodies and Judges’ Career in the Eastern Partnership Countries was published by the Council of Europe Strasbourg, 14 October 2011
The Justice and Legal Co-operation Department presented a 110-page report on “Judicial Self-Governing Bodies; Judges’ Career” on 14 October 2011 in Strasbourg. The report provides an overview of the state of implementation of European standards on an independent judiciary in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. It focuses on the role of judicial self-governing bodies in ensuring the independence of the judiciary and on issues related to the appointment, career, ethics and disciplinary liability of judges. The report points to the main challenges the countries face to increase the compliance of domestic laws and practice with relevant European standards and provides targeted country and regional recommendations on how to meet such challenges. The report is prepared within the framework of a Joint European Union/Council of Europe project on “Enhancing Judicial Reform in the Eastern Partnership Countries.” The report was produced by a Working Group composed of representatives of Ministries of Justice and judicial self-governing bodies. For more details on the Council of Europe and European Union Eastern Partnership Facility Programme and Enhancing Judicial Reform Project please consult the project website (http://www.coe.int/t/dgap/eap-facility/Default_en.asp LINK to project website).
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