January 2023 – December 2026

 

Strengthening the Efficiency and Quality of Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiHSEJ)

The project is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and is implemented by the Council of Europe.

 

Context of the project

The project “Strengthening the efficiency and quality of justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina” aims to support the justice system of Bosnia and Herzegovina in improving of its efficiency and quality in accordance with the standards and tools developed by the CEPEJ.

Project’s objectives

Efficiency and quality of the justice system of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be strengthened  (including support in shortening the length of proceedings and in reducing the backlog). The capacities for collecting, processing and analysis of data on the functioning of the judicial system and judicial statistics according to the CEPEJ methodology will be supported, in strong coordination with the CEPEJ Dashboard WB action. Justice professionals’ capacities on topics related to efficiency and quality of justice will be strengthened, in line with CEPEJ standards and tools.

Main activities

  • Recommendations on implementing the CEPEJ tools on efficiency of justice, quality of justice, mediation and cyberjustice, followed by capacity building activities.
  • Capacity building activities in the area of judicial training on court efficiency and quality, based on CEPEJ tools and methodologies.
  • Workshops to improve the collection, processing and analysis of data on the functioning of the judicial system and judicial statistics according to the CEPEJ methodology (in coordination with Dashboard WB Action).

Project beneficiaries and stakeholders

Ministry of Justice, High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, judicial training institutions, chief judges, chief prosecutors, court administrators, judges and prosecutors, courts, and Association of Mediators.

Contacts

 Council of Europe - Strasbourg

 

Anastasiia Nohovitsyna
Project Coordinator

Council of Europe office - Sarajevo 

 

Enes Sehic
Project Manager

 

 

Lejla Begovic
Project Assistant

News

Back Second visit of CEPEJ experts to the pilot courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Second visit of CEPEJ experts to the pilot courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Following the first coaching session at the Sokolac first instance Court this summer, two other pilot courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Brčko District Court (first instance) and the Cazin Municipal Court (first instance) benefited, from 8 to 9 November 2023, of a first coaching session.

The CEPEJ experts will exchange with presidents, judges and staff of these courts on main challenges faced in the fields of efficiency and quality of justice, including court performance, data collection and judicial statistics, judicial time management, workload of judges, quality of justice services for the users. These visits will also serve as an opportunity to present the CEPEJ methodology on coaching and raise awareness on available CEPEJ tools and good practices.

These visits would serve as a basis for recommendations in the areas of efficiency and quality of justice issues, to be proposed to the pilot courts for implementation in early 2024.

This activity was organised by CEPEJ action “HFIII: HF 4 - Strengthening the Efficiency and Quality of Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiHSEJ)”, which is part of the joint programme entitled "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye III", co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Bosnia and Herzegovina 8-9 November 2023
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