Strengthening the professionalism in the judiciary
Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) ·Bulgaria
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="color: #000000">Programme outcome the project contributes to: “Improved application of European legal framework by the Bulgarian judiciary”.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">The project aims at improving the specific procedures and rules for career development, appointment and selection of magistrates, the integrity check procedures and the management and administration of the judiciary. The project will contribute to implementation of the adopted updated strategy for continuing the judicial reform in Bulgaria as well as to practical implementation of recommendations in GRECO reports.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">The project shall include, <em>inter alia</em>, the following activities:</span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Actions developed to ensure improvement in Bulgarian judiciary through introduction of procedures with clear rules for appointment and selection of magistrates, as well as clear rules for career development of magistrates based on professional and personal qualities;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Strengthened capacity in application of the European Convention on Human Rights through secondment of judges to the European Court of Human Rights;</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">Improvement of the restorative justice implementation through capacity/knowledge - building and a study on the restorative justice mechanisms implemented in the judiciary systems of Norway.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul>
Bilateral cooperation results
The project was implemented by the Supreme Judicial Council in partnership with the Norwegian Courts Administration and in cooperation with the Council of Europe. The Norwegian Courts Administration as a donor project partner was directly involved in the implementation of Activity 1 “Actions to ensure the improvement of the Bulgarian judicial system in connection with the procedures for appointment, selection and for career development of magistrates”, Activity 3 “Improving the implementation of the restorative justice mechanisms”, and the “Information and Publicity” activity.
Project partners
- Norwegian Courts Administration Donor project partner· Norway