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European judicial systems: 2008 findings

European judicial systems: 2008 findings. Commission Europ éenne pour l ’efficacit é de la Justice Europe an Commission for the Efficiency of Justice. Dr. Pim Albers Special advisor. 45 Member States are included Report presents data year 2006

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European judicial systems: 2008 findings

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  1. European judicial systems: 2008 findings Commission Européenne pour l’efficacité de la Justice European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice Dr. Pim Albers Special advisor

  2. 45 Member States are included • Report presents data year 2006 • Based on replies questionnaire received from Member States • 3rd report (previous reports 2004 and 2006)

  3. Financing of the judicial systems • Access to justice and legal aid • Court locations and use of ICT in the courts • Mediators • Facts concerning professional judges and prosecutors • Court performance • Facts concerning lawyers, enforcement agents and notaries

  4. Public budget allocated to the judicial systems (courts, public prosecution and legal aid) per inhabitant

  5. Total court budget allocated to the judicial system (excl. legal aid and prosecution) per inhabitant as percentage per capita GDP

  6. Distribution of the budgetary components

  7. Court infrastructure (number of geographic court locations per 100.000 inhabitants

  8. Level of computerization communication facilities courts - environment

  9. Number of professional judges per 100.000 inhabitants

  10. Iceland 1,3 Luxembourg 1,4 Norway 1,7 France 2,0 Russian Federation 2,0 Romania 2,1 Bulgaria 2,3 Netherlands 2,5 Sweden 2,6 Monaco 2,6 Georgia 2,6 Slovenia 2,7 Hungary 2,8 Austria 2,8 Latvia 2,8 Finland 2,8 Germany 2,9 Czech Republic 3,0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,0 Azerbaijan 3,1 Slovakia 3,2 Poland 3,2 FYROMacedonia 3,3 3,4 Switzerland Lithuania 3,6 Turkey 3,6 Belgium 3,7 Croatia 3,7 Montenegro 3,8 Moldova 3,8 3,9 Portugal Denmark 4,0 Italy 4,2 Serbia 4,3 Estonia 4,3 Cyprus 4,5 UK-Scotland 5,4 6,9 UK-England and Wales Ireland 8,2 Spain 9,1 Malta 10,4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 • Number of non-judge staff per professional judge

  11. Number of incoming civil litigious cases and decisions per 100.000 inhabitants (no data for Bulgaria). However, there is info concerning administrative law cases

  12. Clearance rates administrative law cases

  13. Average calculated disposition time (in days) = • the number of days that cases are outstanding, or remain unresolved in court

  14. General conclusions: trends in Europe • Reduction geographic court locations • Stimulation of the application of e-justice • More use of ADR (especially mediation) • Increase of the budget allocated to judicial systems • More attention to the monitoring of cases with an exceptional duration • Increase of the introduction of quality measures in the courts

  15. Full report can be downloaded from the cepej website (from 8 October 2008) • http://www.coe.int/cepej

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