Work in this thematic area focuses on prisons and police (including human rights in policing, healthcare in prisons and safeguards against torture and ill-treatment), human rights standards in the judiciary (focusing on enhancing the application of case-law of the European Court of Human Rights), the efficiency of justice systems (with a focus on analysing judicial statistics to optimise court administrations) and/or legal co-operation (which concentrate on increasing the individual independence of judges and prosecutors and the accountability of the judicial system).

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Sarajevo 3 February 2026
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Presentation of comparable judicial statistics on the Western Balkans at a CEPEJ workshop in Sarajevo

On 3 February 2026, CEPEJ organised a workshop in Sarajevo to present to judicial professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina a comparative overview of the quality of judicial data and practices, the methodology developed by CEPEJ for data collection, and the usefulness of these data for guiding judicial reforms, based on the “Dashboard Western Balkans (DWB)” report, published in 2025 and based on 2024 data. The CEPEJ DWB report presents comparative data on the functioning of judicial systems, covering efficiency, quality, independence, accountability and digitalisation, and highlights regional trends as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina’s performance.

Representatives of the main judicial institutions, in particular the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo, discussed the strengthening of national capacities in Bosnia and Herzegovina for judicial data collection, with particular attention to data verification and the practical use of CEPEJ indicators for policy-making, reform planning and institutional management.

Participants underlined the importance of inter-institutional cooperation and national ownership of the data collection process, with a view to producing reliable and useful data for future DWB cycles and EU reporting. The event also helped to highlight the objectives of the CEPEJ bilateral project to the participants.

In parallel, the CEPEJ Secretariat held bilateral meetings with the institutions responsible for collecting and providing judicial data, focusing on methodological aspects and challenges related to data collection and processing, with a view to improving accuracy, consistency and alignment with CEPEJ requirements.

This activity was organised by the action“ Towards a better evaluation of the results of judicial reforms in the Western Balkans – “Dashboard Western Balkans“, in cooperation with the action Strengthening the efficiency and quality of justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiHSEJ), both of which are implemented under the joint European Union/Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye”.

Actions under theme i: ensuring justice
  • Strengthening the quality and efficiency of justice in Albania - Phase III  
  • Supporting enforcement of judicial decisions and facilitating execution of ECtHR judgments in Albania           
  • Enhancing the protection of human rights of prisoners in Albania  
  • Strengthening human rights treatment of detained persons based on European standards and best practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina  
  • Strengthening the quality and efficiency of justice in Kosovo* -  Phase II  
  • Accountability of the judicial system in Montenegro - Phase II  
  • Improved procedural safeguards in judicial proceedings in Montenegro  
  • Further enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Montenegro  
  • Strengthening independence and accountability of the judiciary in Serbia  
  • Strengthening the effective legal remedies to human rights violations in Serbia  
  • Enhancing the human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Serbia  
  • Supporting enhanced access to higher quality Free Legal Aid services in North Macedonia  
  • Enhancing the capacities of the penitentiary system and the external oversight mechanism in North Macedonia                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  • Supporting the implementation and reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey  
  • Judicial training institutes for Quality and Sustainability in the Western Balkans 
  • Initiative for legal certainty in the Western Balkans  
  • Enhancing penitentiary capacities in addressing radicalisation in prisons in the Western Balkans  
  • Towards a better evaluation of the results of judicial reform efforts in the Western Balkans  
  • Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) in the Western Balkans 
  • PACE cooperation with the parliamentary assemblies with a view to achieving legislative improvements in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia 

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.