With the aim of removing certain shortcomings of the Croatian judiciary, the Miko Tripalo Centre proposes recommendations for increasing the transparency of the judicial system, strengthening the mechanisms for exercising the responsibility of judges and democratizing the election of the State Judicial Council. The recommendations aim at the necessary reforms that can be achieved, first of all by the decisions of the judicial institutions themselves, and then by changes in the law. The proposed changes are designed so that they do not call into question the independence of the judiciary, but strengthen its transparency and accountability mechanisms.
You can read and download the recommendations at the following link:
The Miko Tripalo Centre for Democracy and Law organized the State of the Croatian Judiciary meeting, which took place on Thursday, September 30, 2021, in Hall 7 of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb.
The Tripalo Centre wanted to contribute to the public debate on increasing transparency in the Croatian judiciary, with the aim of strengthening its reputation in the public, responsibility and efficiency.
In this context, at the end of last year, the Centre conducted a survey on what Croatian lawyers think about the situation in the judiciary, which was partly prompted by unfavorable results in the EU Justice Scoreboard publication of the European Commission. In addition to the assessment of the situation, our survey also sought the opinion of lawyers and some possible reforms that would respond to the weaknesses observed in the aforementioned publication of the Commission.
In the first part of the meeting, through the presentation of the results of our survey, the participants could hear what lawyers think about the judiciary, while the second part of the meeting was dedicated to a panel discussion on possible measures to increase its transparency and social responsibility.
The following participated in the meeting:
Ivo Josipović, Centre Miko Tripalo, Faculty of Law in Zagreb
Mihajlo Dika, Centre Miko Tripalo, Faculty of Law in Zagreb
Alan Uzelac, Centre Miko Tripalo, Faculty of Law in Zagreb
Viktor Gotovac, Centre Miko Tripalo, Faculty of Law in Zagreb
Neven Mates, Centre Miko Tripalo
Below you can download the presentation of Prof. Participants from the meeting:
Zlata Đurđević (2020) Deconstitutionalization of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia in criminal cases and strengthening of authoritarian mechanisms to standardize judicial practice: missed opportunity of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia – https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/366625
Andrija Henjak (2017) Faith in institutions and satisfaction with democracy in Croatia: evaluations based on political bias versus evaluations based on results – https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/276009
Alan Uzelac (2012) On the development of legal means to protect the right to a trial within a reasonable time Affirmation or capitulation in the fight for an effective judiciary? https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/137039
Alan Uzelac (2012) On the development of legal means to protect the right to a trial within a reasonable time Affirmation or capitulation in the fight for an effective judiciary? – https://hrcak.srce.hr/93103
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