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Montenegro - Horizontal Facility: Accountability and professionalism of the judicial system
Workshops for judicial officials on performance-based financial management and control organised in Montenegro
Two workshops for court presidents, heads of prosecution offices and members of secretariats of the Judicial and Prosecutorial Council responsible for financial administration were organised in Budva, in co-operation with the Judicial Training Centre. The workshops were designed in line with the...
Serbia: Strengthening the Judiciary Reform Process
Presentation of Serbian Translations of the Council of Europe’s Standard-Setting Documents in the Field of the Rule of Law
More than 50 members of the judicial profession, including Serbian Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Cassation justices, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, legal scholars, civil society activists and journalists had an opportunity to listen to speakers from the Serbian academia who delivered...
Montenegro - Horizontal Facility: Accountability and professionalism of the judicial system
“Notary: a professional at the service of all citizens”, the motto behind the workshop on the development of the new Code of Notary Ethics
Notaries are an integral part of the legal order in 22 EU member states and exist in many Council of Europe members states as well. According to the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) Specific Study on the Legal Professions conducted in 2019 in collaboration with the...
Ukraine: Further support for the execution of judgments in respect of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Third Annual Forum: Execution of judgments of national courts in Ukraine
On 5 November 2020, the annual forum “Execution of judgments of national courts in Ukraine” (The forum) was organised for the third consecutive year by the Council of Europe project “Further support for the execution by Ukraine of judgments in respect of Article 6 of the European Convention on...
Montenegro - Horizontal Facility: Accountability and professionalism of the judicial system
Performance-based management in courts and prosecution offices: from programme budgeting to financial control
Regardless of the size and complexity of the court or prosecution office, financial management systems should be able to show a relationship between the proposed expenditures and anticipated outcomes in a year covered by the budget. In other words, one should demonstrate who did what, when they...
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