Strengthening the independence and efficiency of justice

Înapoi Publication of a report on Law Bar Associations best practice

Publication of a report on Law Bar Associations best practice

 The report of International Conference on the Independent, Qualified and Ethical Exercise of the Profession of Lawyers has just been published. The Conference took place on 20-21 June 2016  and was opened by the The President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili in Tbilisi

Inspired by the Recommendation Rec (2000)21 on the Freedom of exercise of the profession of lawyer, the Conference created a platform for open discussions, where challenges and best practices were shared amongst the sixty representatives of the Georgian and Bar Associations from 13 countries.

The report acts as an inventory of best practices developed and applied by Bar Associations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Poland and Turkey in the most important aspects of Bar Association’s mandates on lawyers ethics, training and lawyers rights.

This Conference was funded by the PCF Council of Europe-EU Project on “Support to the Georgian Bar Association” and the EU/UN Joint Project “Enhancing Access to Justice and Development of a Child-Friendly Justice System in Georgia”, in partnership with the Georgian Bar Association, Tbilisi State University and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe. 

 Report of International Conference on the Independent, Qualified and Ethical Exercise of the Profession of Lawyers (21-22 June 2016)

Tbilisi 26 July 2016
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Specific objective 1: strengthen the independence and efficiency of the judiciary.

Indicators:

  • Increase in the degree of compliance of national legislations and regulations concerning the composition, role and mandate of self-governing bodies, in corresponding target countries, with European standards and Council of Europe recommendations.
  • Improved training methodology and curricula of judicial training institutions in corresponding target countries.
  • Improved time management and decrease in volume of court backlogs; strengthened national capacity to assess the performance of court systems in corresponding target countries.   

 

Specific objective 2: strengthen the role of courts in delivering user-oriented justice.

Indicator: enhanced quality of judicial services in line with European standards through the practical application of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice tools in corresponding target countries.

 

Specific objective 3: improve the quality of the profession of lawyer (advocate).

Indicators:

  • Increased compliance of national legislations and regulations concerning the mandate and functioning of Bar Associations, in corresponding target countries, with European standards and Council of Europe recommendations.
  • Training institutions in corresponding target countries put in place a short-term and long-term strategy of development, a developed system of course accreditation, and coherent and comprehensive training programmes with coherent teaching methodology.