A national Internet-based tool, JUSTAT, aimed at publishing data about the judicial system in the Republic of Moldova, such as statistics, key indicators and other information on the performance of the court system, has just been published for supporting the national authorities to further enhance transparency, efficiency, and to facilitate the understanding of the functioning of the judiciary by professionals and the public at large.
JUSTAT has been approved by a Working Group on publishing judicial statistics, composed at the Project’s initiative by representatives of the Ministry of Justice and of the Superior Council of Magistrates and European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) experts after the consultations with the national stakeholders and based on the methodology of the CEPEJ and its recommendations included in the Handbook on court dashboards.
The activity was organised in the framework of the Project “Support to further strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in the Republic of Moldova”, funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance II.
