Strengthening the professionalism in the judiciary

Project facts

Project promoter:
Supreme Judicial Council (SJC)(BG)
Project Number:
BG-JUSTICE-0008
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€1,325,000
Donor Project Partners:
Norwegian Courts Administration(NO)
Programme:

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Description

Programme outcome the project contributes to: “Improved application of European legal framework by the Bulgarian judiciary”.

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.

The project shall include, inter alia, the following activities:

  • 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;
  • Strengthened capacity in application of the European Convention on Human Rights through secondment of judges to the European Court of Human Rights;
  • 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.

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