The analysis of the degree of use and citation of case law by national courts presents and analyzes the level at which courts use case law.
In the past period, it has been noted that the Supreme Court of the RNM and the higher courts started with a regular and consistent application of the case law, especially of the European Court of Human Rights, but in general the conclusion prevails that the courts are still quite restrained in relation to the use and citation of the case law of ECHR in its rulings.
The ultimate goal of this analysis is to adopt conclusions on the extent and manner of using and citing the case law of the ECHR, as well as to give recommendations in the direction of increasing the degree of use and unifying the way of citing the ECHR practice, which ultimately, it will affect the increase in the degree of legal security of the citizens of RNM.
The analysis was prepared within the framework of the program “Improving transparency, efficiency and legal certainty in the Republic of North Macedonia”, supported by the British Embassy in Skopje and is available at the following link.