On 6 September 2021, the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) announced that new statistical reports are now available in Kosovo* in the courts and can be used by all judges and court presidents to monitor performance, court backlogs, postponements of hearings, and the length of court proceedings. The statistical reports were designed collaboratively by the CMIS team and the KoSEJ II project, which engaged the CEPEJ experts, Mr Marco Fabri and Mr Jacques Bühler to provide KJC with tailored recommendations and expertise. The KJC acknowledged that these reports will help increase the efficiency and transparency in the justice system. The reports can be generated automatically from the Case Management Information System (CMIS) for a specific period of time, per court or per judge, and incorporate key CEPEJ indicators such as the Clearance Rate.A report also monitors the “age of the pending cases”, as recommended in the CEPEJ Implementation guide "Towards European timeframes for judicial proceedings".

This activity was organised by the KoSEJ II Action “Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Kosovo”, which is part of the joint programme entitled "Horizontal Facility of the Western Balkans and Turkey II", co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe. This activity was also implemented in coordination with the USAID-funded “Justice System Strengthening Programme”.

Link to the KJC news on the new CMIS statistical reports

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence