The establishment of the High Judicial Council and the High Prosecutorial Council constitute the beginning of the procedures towards the temporary appointment of Serious Crimes Courts’ judges as well as the appointment of the candidate prosecutors for 15 positions in the Special Prosecution Office. These processes have not been completed yet and the on-going confirmation of judges and prosecutors by...
CSDG has prepared the Monitoring Report "Implementation of the Communication Strategy by the new justice institutions" for the period January-March 2021. In the monitoring of the first quarter of 2021, the annual monitoring conducted in 2020 was used as a comparative basis to see the positive or negative performance of the institutions themselves. This publication is realized within the project: "Supporting...
SPAK Monitor No. 11 addresses issues related to the progress of the judicial review process in corruption and organized crime cases registered in the Special Courts for Corruption and Organized Crime, by conducting an assessment against some key indicators. This assessment serves to identify and analyze main key features in the quality and effectiveness of judicial response to corruption and...
In the 9th issue of SPAK MONITOR you will read about: Steps towards the establishment of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH). Filling of vacancies in the Special Courts against Corruption and Organised Crime. The activity of the Special Courts against Corruption and Organised Crime. The activity of SPAK in the framework of the implementation of the Normative Act...
Faced with the rampant corruption and the threat of an increasingly stronger organised crime, the Albanian political institutions and political actors initiated the judicial reform. The reform is driven by a strong internal demand, as the citizens want the judiciary to uphold the rule of law and deliver justice with no political, corruptive or criminal influences, and a broad...
The process for the re-evaluation of the candidates for the High Judicial Council and the High Prosecutorial Council have been concluded in November. However this process may not be considered completed if the high number of appeals to the Special Appeals College will not lead to the failure of the already confirmed candidates, although the General Meeting of the Prosecutors...