Analysis on the quality of the reforms regarding appointment, appointment in higher courts and dismissal of judges

Continuing its effort in monitoring and participating in the conduction of inclusive and transparent, good quality reforms, the civil society organizations acting in the field of judiciary, which are part of the Blueprint Group for Judicial Reform, conducted this Analysis which elaborates the reformed career flow of the judges, starting from the terms, conditions and procedure for enrollment in the initial training at the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors good quality; the terms, conditions and procedure for election as a judge in the basic and administrative courts; terms, conditions and procedure for election of a judge in the higher courts, grounds and procedure for determining disciplinary liability until termination and dismissal from the judicial office.

This group is composed of the Institute for Human Rights, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of Republic of Macedonia, the Coalition “All for Fair Trials”, the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, the European Policies Institute, the Center for Legal Research and Analysis and the Foundation Open Society – Macedonia.

Since the Blueprint Group is a part of the Council for monitoring of the implementation of the Strategy for Reforms in the Judiciary System 2017-2022, which is an advoisory body to the Ministry of Justice and has its representatives in the working groups for laws in the field of judiciary, this Analysis is a document for stating the professional and analytical opinions of the Blueprint Group for Judicial Reform, a contribution to the monitoring and evaluation of the reforms and an attempt to have an impact towards improvement of the quality of the reforms.