Initiative for Legal Certainty and Efficient Judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Phase II

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Back Round table for judges and courts' presidents on remedying the excessive length of judicial proceedings

The round table, organised on 7 - 8 June in Mostar, gathered 15 judges and presidents of courts to discuss how in practice the shortcomings of the legal framework governing the protection of the right to a trial within a reasonable time could be overcome in practice. Particular attention was given to the amount of compensation to be awarded for non-pecuniary damages on ground of a breach of the reasonable time, as highlighted in the Analyses of the legal framework, developed earlier within the project.

This activity was organised in cooperation with the Judicial and Prosecutorial Training Centre of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina within the project: “Initiative for Legal Certainty and Efficient Judiciary in Bosnia and Herzegovina- Phase II”, implemented by the Council of Europe and funded by the Kingdom of Norway.

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Mostar 7-8 June

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The main partners and beneficiaries of the Project are Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Supreme Court of Republika Srpska, Appellate Court of Brčko District; Judges’ and Prosecutors’ Training Centres of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Republika Srpska; Law faculties of universities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The main objective is to support a more coherent application of judicial practice in Bosnia Herzegovina, essential to ensuring legal certainty for the people and functioning of an efficient and human rights -friendly judiciary.
The following results are expected:

The case law database and case management systems used by the courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina apply the same case classification methodology and use vocabulary and descriptors compatible with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in human rights cases;
Strengthened case law departments;
Improved efficiency of courts and ensured better judicial protection for citizens in line with the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights;
Strengthened capacity of National Training Institutions for judges and prosecutors;
Support of law faculties to provide human rights training.