The SITUATION IN THE CROATIAN JUDICIARY group
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:
Academic articles on the topic of justice
Arsen Bačić (2022) Is the independence of the judiciary threatened in the Republic of Croatia?
https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/429184
Zoran Burić (2022) Ninth amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act – modern judiciary ready for future challenges? – https://hrcak.srce.hr/288482
Jakša Barbić (2022) Judiciary and the rule of law in Croatia – https://hrcak.srce.hr/285389
Ivan Padjen (2022) The rule of law and judicial secrecy – https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/413115
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
Krešimir Petković (2010) Politics and violence in transition – https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/150953
Alan Uzelac (2001) Croatian judiciary in the nineties: from state independence to institutional crisis – https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=39816
Newspaper articles and articles from the portal on the topic of justice
https://www.novilist.hr/novosti/hrvatska/uvodi-se-specijalizacija-hrvatskih-sudaca-za-slucajeve-nasilja-nad-zenama/ – September 6 2023.
https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/zbog-dvije-stvari-svi-cekaju-odluku-o-novim-sucima-na-vrhovnom-sudu-jedan-je-i-slucaj-franak-15369799 – August 30 2023.
https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/nakon-drame-sa-sudskim-sluzbenicima-hrvatskoj-prijeti-jos-jedna-pravosudna-bomba-15365761 – August 17 2023.
https://www.autograf.hr/u-hrvatskoj-vise-ne-postoji-sudbena-vlast/ – July 7 2023.
https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/dramaticna-ispovijest-8-sutkinja-na-rubu-smo-pucanja-ne-daju-nam-da-ljudima-pruzimo-pravnu-zastitu-15319154 – March 25 2023.
https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/suvisna-je-briga-da-ce-kazneni-suci-vrhovnog-suda-ostati-bez-posla-1561910 – February 11 2022.
https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/sabor-odbor-za-pravosude-sazvat-ce-tematsku-sjednicu-o-stanju-u-hrvatskom-pravosudu-15060140 – March 23 2021.
https://euractiv.jutarnji.hr/euractiv/eu-pitanja/povjerenik-komisije-za-pravosude-po-duljini-sudskih-procesa-hrvatska-je-medu-najgorima-u-eu-15051258 – February 17 2021.
https://direktno.hr/zagreb/nepravilnosti-pravosudu-sutkinja-koja-osudila-filozofski-mobing-nezakonito-imenovana-200900/ – July 16 2020.
