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MDTF-JSS Support to the Supreme Court of Cassation October 2016 – April 2017

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MDTF-JSSSupporttotheSupremeCourtofCassation

October2016– April2017

CourtRewards’ProgramØ IntroducedinSeptember

2016bySCCØ 4categoriesprescribed,2

awardedØ Transparent,sustainable,

independentfromdonors’assistance

Ø 2016Rewards’Fund:22,000EUR;ITandofficeequipment,furniturechosenbycourts

Annual Judges’ConferenceØ Case-lawHarmonization

Activities

Ø NewPerformanceFramework

Ø CourtRewards’InauguralCeremony

Ø OrganizationalandtechnicalsupporttotheConference

BacklogReductionEfforts

Ø ContinuoussupporttoSCC’sBLRWG

Ø SupporttonewLoEimplementation

Ø Results:51%enforcementbacklogreduced

Ø 10.5%backlogsinothercasetypesreduced

Case-LawHarmonizationEffortsØ Supporttoregularappellateandhighercourts’meetingsØ DraftSCCRulesonAnonymizationandPseudonimizationØ DraftUnifiedDirectiveonCaseLawDepartmentsOrganizationØ ThirdConferenceonCase-LawHarmonizationinlinewith

ECHRStandards

AnnualReportonWorkofAllCourtsfortheYear2016

Ø Improvedmethodology

Ø Redesignedformatandcontent

ØNewperformanceindicatorsinlinewithCEPEJintroduced

Capacity BuildingBySCC:17workshopswithmorethan550participantsheldbytheSCCstaffandjudges,supportedbyMDTF-JSSconsultants

Regionalworkshoponmeasuringcourts’performance:presentationofCourtRewardsProgramandSerbia’scaseweighitngefforts