Georgia: Enhancing the accountability and the efficiency of the judicial system and the professionalism of lawyers

January 2020 – February 2023

The activities are organised in the framework of the Project “Support to further strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in the Republic of Moldova”, funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance II.

An earlier phase of this programme (January 2015 - December 2017) was supported by the European Union.

Context of the Project

The CEPEJ started working in Georgia in the framework of the European Union / Council of Europe Joint project “Implementation of judicial reforms”, Component “Enhancing the accountability and the efficiency of the judicial system and the professionalism of lawyers” which is part of PGG II. The Project is in line with the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia 2020 – 2023, and in line with the EU priorities, as defined in the “Eastern Partnership – 20 Deliverables for 2020” which underline the need to evaluate the impact of the implemented key judicial reforms in Georgia.

Objectives of the Project

The objectives of the Project are to assist the Georgian authorities to:

to reduce judicial delays and backlogs in courts
to strengthen data and judicial statistics collection for courts, case management and judicial services by providing practical advises, tools and methodology;
to improve judicial training and court management by working at the levels of the High School of Justice and courts.

Expected outcomes

The efficiency and quality of courts are enhanced through the application of CEPEJ tools, methodology and recommendations at national level;
The mechanisms for judicial transparency and accountability are strengthened;
Court users benefit from more accountable, transparent and efficient functioning of the court system.

Project beneficiaries and stakeholders

The main beneficiaries and stakeholders of the Project are the High Council of Justice, the High School of Justice, the Courts of General Jurisdiction and the court users.

Contacts

Council of Europe - Strasbourg

Jovana Matic

Project coordinator

+33 (0)3 90 21 63 68

Council of Europe office in Tbilissi (Georgia)

Ushangi Bakhtadze
Project Officer

Gvantsa Gedenidze
Project Assistant

Translated CEPEJ documents

Newsroom

Back Webinar on reasonable length of proceedings and case backlog in Georgian courts

Among the series of webinars dedicated to “Judicial proceedings within reasonable time”, this second webinar organised on 3rd of June, was to present the concept of CEPEJ timeframes in conformity with Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights as well as to explain the notion of reasonable length of judicial proceedings, the related definition of backlog, and the process through which Timeframes should be set.

International expert presented concepts, tools, and examples about the development, deployment and monitoring of judicial timeframes to the 70 participants, judges, Georgian court managers, judicial assistants and chief registrars. They discussed the implementation of improvements of reasonable timeframes in Georgian courts.

The Georgian project “Enhancing the accountability and the efficiency of the judicial system and the professionalism of lawyers” is part of the European Union/Council of Europe joint programme Partnership for Good Governance II co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe.

Online 3 June 2021