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European judicial systems: 2008 findings and regional
analysisCommission Européenne pour l’efficacité de la Justice
European 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
168
130
121
114
106
99
99
99
82
81
77
76
72
70
69
68
60
59
54
53
50
41
40
39
30
30
28
28
26
26
25
22
22
18
17
13
13
9
7
5
4
3
2
0 € 20 € 40 € 60 € 80 € 100 € 120 € 140 € 160 € 180 €
Monaco
UK-Northern Ireland
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Germany
UK-England & Wales
UK-Scotland
Netherlands
Belgium
Sweden
Andorra
Slovenia
Norway
Italy
Austria
Spain
Iceland
Finland
Croatia
France
Cyprus
Ireland
Poland
Hungary
Greece
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Malta
Lithuania
Estonia
Russian Federation
Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania
Montenegro
FYROMacedonia
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Turkey
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Moldova
• 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 locations per inhabitant regionally compared
• and the court/judicial budgets (courts, public prosecution and legal aid)
• Number of professional judges per 100.000 inhabitants
54,5
50,0
43,3
37,2
36,8
33,8
30,6
29,1
28,4
28,2
27,1
25,8
24,8
24,5
23,7
22,2
22,0
21,5
21,5
21,3
20,7
20,2
19,8
17,8
17,4
17,1
16,5
15,7
14,9
14,8
13,9
12,7
12,7
12,0
11,9
11,0
10,9
10,1
9,0
8,3
7,0
6,6
6,2
5,8
5,6
4,4
3,1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Monaco
Slovenia
Croatia
Montenegro
Luxembourg
Serbia
FYROMacedonia
Czech Republic
Greece
Hungary
Andorra
Poland
Slovakia
Germany
Bulgaria
Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lithuania
Russian Federation
UK-Northern Ireland
Romania
Austria
European average
Estonia
Portugal
Finland
Switzerland
Iceland
Belgium
Ukraine
Sweden
Netherlands
Cyprus
Moldova
France
Italy
Norway
Spain
Turkey
Malta
UK-England & Wales
Denmark
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
UK-Scotland
Ireland
• 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
3,13,03,02,92,82,82,82,82,72,62,62,62,5
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 and resolved civil non-litigious cases and decisions per 100.000 inhabitants (in the region)
Average calculated disposition time (in days) =
the number of days that cases are outstanding, or remain unresolved in court
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