Within the framework of the project “Establishment of analytical tools for monitoring reforms to support the justice sector in RNM”, supported by the British Embassy Skopje, the Center for Legal Research and Analysis published the Second National Report from the Matrix of Indicators for Measuring Performance and Reforms in the judiciary.
This report is the result of the second national measurement carried out through the Matrix of Indicators for Monitoring Justice Reforms, which is provided as a mechanism in the Justice Reform Strategy 2017-2022 in the Strategic Planning and Policy Making section.
In order to obtain a true and realistic picture of the performance of the judiciary, or a specific aspect related to the functioning of the judicial system, this report analyzed 1) the perceptions of relevant target groups (using the Matrix), 2) the legal framework and the relevant reports (domestic and international) that monitor the judiciary and the course of reforms in the judiciary, and 3) data from judicial institutions (courts, the Judicial Council, the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, the Academy of Judges and Public Prosecutors, the Association of Judges, etc.). In this process, more than 3000 respondents from judicial institutions (judges, judicial service, public prosecutors), lawyers, notaries, executors, state attorneys, mediators, but also natural persons as parties in court proceedings took part.
The regular and cyclical implementation of the Matrix of indicators for measuring performance and reforms in the judiciary will serve to measure the reform processes over a certain period of time, by diagnosing problems and obstacles faced by the judiciary. The ultimate goal of this approach is to evaluate and encourage further reforms in the justice system to ensure legal certainty, but also to increase citizens’ confidence in the judiciary.