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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
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European judicial systems: 2008 findings
Commission Européenne pour l’efficacité de la JusticeEuropean Commission for the Efficiency of Justice
Dr. Pim AlbersSpecial advisor
• 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)
• 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
• Public budget allocated to the judicial systems (courts, public prosecution and legal aid) per inhabitant
168130
121
114106
99
9999
82
817776
72
706968
6059
5453
5041
4039
30
302828
262625
2222
18
171313
97
5432
0 € 20 € 40 € 60 € 80 € 100 € 120 € 140 € 160 € 180 €
MonacoUK-Northern Ireland
Luxembourg
SwitzerlandGermany
UK-England & Wales
UK-ScotlandNetherlands
Belgium
SwedenAndorra
Slovenia
NorwayItaly
Austria
SpainIcelandFinlandCroatiaFranceCyprusIrelandPoland
HungaryGreece
Czech RepublicSlovakia
Malta
LithuaniaEstonia
Russian FederationLatvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Romania
MontenegroFYROMacedonia
Bulgaria
UkraineTurkey
GeorgiaArmenia
AzerbaijanMoldova
• Total court budget allocated to the judicial system (excl. legal aid and prosecution) per inhabitant as percentage per capita GDP
0,67%
0,62%
0,44%
0,43%
0,42%
0,34%
0,33%
0,31%
0,26%
0,25%
0,25%
0,24%
0,23%
0,23%
0,22%
0,21%
0,20%
0,20%
0,19%
0,18%
0,18%
0,17%
0,17%
0,14%
0,14%
0,13%
0,13%
0,11%
0,10%
0,10%
0,08%
0,08%
0,08%
0,07%
0,07%
0,05%
0,00% 0,10% 0,20% 0,30% 0,40% 0,50% 0,60% 0,70%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Poland
Slovenia
FYROMacedonia
Ukraine
Portugal
Hungary
Bulgaria
Russian Federation
Monaco
Lithuania
Slovakia
UK-Northern Ireland
Andorra
Switzerland
Latvia
Czech Republic
Georgia
Estonia
Romania
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
Sweden
Finland
France
Moldova
Iceland
UK-England and Wales
Denmark
Armenia
UK-Scotland
Azerbaijan
Norway
Ireland
• Distribution of the budgetary components
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Czech Republic
Luxembourg
Andorra
FYROMacedonia
Hungary
Estonia
Azerbaijan
Romania
Malta
Finland
Moldova
Switzerland
Montenegro
Denmark
Slovenia
Sweden
Belgium
Italy
Monaco
Latvia
Portugal
Serbia
Armenia
Ukraine
Croatia
Russian Federation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Norway
Cyprus
Netherlands
Germany
Lithuania
Bulgarie
Austria
Slovakia
Poland
France
Georgia
Ireland
UK-Scotland
UK-Northern Ireland
SALARIES
COMPUTARISATION
JUSTICE EXPENSES
COURT BUILDINGS
INVESTMENTS
TRAINING
Other declared
Other calculated
• Court infrastructure (number of geographic court locations per 100.000 inhabitants
• Level of computerization communication facilities courts - environment
• Number of professional judges per 100.000 inhabitants
54,550,0
43,337,236,8
33,830,6
29,128,428,2
27,125,8
24,824,5
23,722,222,021,521,521,320,7
20,219,8
17,817,417,1
16,515,7
14,914,8
13,912,712,7
12,011,9
11,010,9
10,19,0
8,37,06,66,25,85,6
4,43,1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
MonacoSlovenia
CroatiaMontenegroLuxembourg
SerbiaFYROMacedonia
Czech RepublicGreece
HungaryAndorraPoland
SlovakiaGermanyBulgaria
LatviaBosnia and Herzegovina
LithuaniaRussian FederationUK-Northern Ireland
RomaniaAustria
European averageEstonia
PortugalFinland
SwitzerlandIceland
BelgiumUkraineSweden
NetherlandsCyprus
MoldovaFrance
ItalyNorway
SpainTurkey
MaltaUK-England & Wales
DenmarkGeorgia
AzerbaijanArmenia
UK-ScotlandIreland
• Number of non-judge staff per professional judge
10,49,1
8,26,9
5,44,5
4,34,34,2
4,03,93,83,83,73,73,63,6
3,43,33,23,2
3,13,03,0
2,92,82,82,82,82,72,62,62,62,5
2,32,12,02,0
1,71,4
1,3
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
MaltaSpain
IrelandUK-England and Wales
UK-ScotlandCyprusEstoniaSerbia
ItalyDenmarkPortugalMoldova
MontenegroCroatia
BelgiumTurkey
LithuaniaSwitzerland
FYROMacedoniaPoland
SlovakiaAzerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic
GermanyFinland
LatviaAustria
HungarySloveniaGeorgiaMonacoSweden
NetherlandsBulgaria
RomaniaRussian Federation
FranceNorway
LuxembourgIceland
• Number of incoming civil litigious cases and decisions per 100.000 inhabitants (no data for Bulgaria). However, there is info concerning administrative law cases
2 932
3 525
1 620
1 139
892
705
668
657
787
348
317
316
224
355
264
211
234
195
274
166
190
238
157
116
135
320
70
43
1 954
5 863
3 525
1 619
1 148
879
718
639
625
591
335
301
289
285
260
260
224
224
215
212
209
201
189
166
156
113
101
89
87
63
29
0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000 7 000
Moldova
Russian Federation
Montenegro
Sweden
Netherlands
Germany
Finland
Romania
Lithuania
Turkey
Croatia
Bulgaria
Armenia
Spain
France
Andorra
Slovenia
Slovakia
Georgia
Poland
Luxembourg
Estonia
Ukraine
Hungary
Czech Republic
Denmark
Latvia
Cyprus
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
UK-Scotland
Resolved casesIncoming cases
• Clearance rates administrative law cases
200127
126110
1061021011001001001009999989696969595
9191
7875
7370
6866
27
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
MoldovaArmenia
PolandSlovakiaAndorra
GermanySweden
Russian FederationMontenegro
HungaryEstoniaFrance
NetherlandsCzech Republic
TurkeySlovenia
FinlandCroatia
RomaniaBulgaria
SerbiaGeorgia
LithuaniaSpain
UkraineBosnia and Herzegovina
LatviaCyprus
• Average calculated disposition time (in days)
= • the number of days
that cases are outstanding, or remain unresolved in court
Country Enforcement cases
Land registry cases Business registercases
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2313 186 33
FYROMacedonia 1291 2 1
Portugal 1275
Monaco 1058 365
Spain 990
Slovenia 700 118 25
Italy 465
Poland 434 47 15
Montenegro 370 2
Andorra 360
Serbia 242 104
Slovakia 205 63
Norway 153
Finland 130 13
Turkey 101 577
Austria 93 8
Hungary 93 95 30
Croatia 84 92
Denmark 55
France 53
Czech Republic 22 12
Romania 20
Bulgaria 12
Ireland 141
Ukraine 153
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
• Full report can be downloaded from the cepej website (from 8 October 2008)
• http://www.coe.int/cepej