The administration of justice in catalonia

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The Administration of Justice in Catalonia

2007 to 2011

June 2012

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Contents

1. Government organs of the Administration of Justice

2. Map of powers assumed in justice by Regional Governments

3. Transferred powers in Catalonia

4. Organization of the Judiciary in Catalonia

5. Structure of the Judicial Office (current and new model)

6. Implementation Impact of the new Judicial Office

7. Judicial Support

8. Total Justice data in Catalonia

9. Costs figures in Justice in Catalonia

10. Ratios of judges per 100,000 inhabitants

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Ministry of Justice:This is the government department responsible for preparing, managing and executing Justice

policies on the subject of Justice

General Council of the Judiciary:

This is the Autonomous

Government body with competence

throughout Spain

1. Government organs of the Administration of Justice

• Judges• Senior Judges

• Public Prosecutors• Court Clerks

Catalan Ministry of Justice:

Exercises the powers that the Constitution and the

Statute of Autonomy attribute to the Government

of Catalonia

•AdministrativeStaff of theJudicialOffice

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1. Organizational Chart of the Catalan Ministry of Justice

Minister

General Secretary

Secretary of Relations with

the Administration of Justice

DirectorateGeneral

of Modernization of the Administration

of Justice

DirectorateGeneral of

Penitentiary Services

Directorate General of Penal

Enforcement in the Community and Juvenile Justice

Directorate General

Of Law and Legal Entities

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2. Map of transferred powers by Autonomous Regions

Map of powers assumed in matters of justice by Regional Governments with specification of the year of the transfers beginning

1996

2006-08

2007

2006

1997

1984-96

19991994

2010

2002

1995-97

1987-1996

Regional Governments with powers transferred

Ministry of Justice

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3. Powers transferred in Administration of Justice in Catalonia

Transfer of services in matters of Penitentiary Administration

Royal Decree 3482/1983, of 28 December (entry into force on 1/1/1984)

• Management, organization and inspection of Penitentiary Institutions

• Transfer and global management of the staff of Penitentiary Institutions

• Transfer of assets related to the services

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Material and economic resourcesRoyal Decree 966/1990, of 20 July

• Acquisition and management of real estate and assets• Preparation and execution of damage compensation

programs• Compensation for lawyer defence actions• Expenses necessary for the functioning of courts,

compensation for judicial actions, witnesses and expert witnesses


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Transfer of staffs

Royal Decree 441/1996, of 1 March• Staff of the Administration of Justice• Review and approval of the staff of Secretaries of Courts of the

Peace, selection, recruitment and adscription of administrative employees for the courts of peace with populations of over 7000 inhabitants.

Royal Decree 1905/1994, of 23 September• Employees working for courts


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4. Organizational Chart of the Judiciary in Catalonia

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF CATALONIA

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CHAMBER

CONTENTIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE

CHAMBERLABOUR CHAMBER

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROVINCIAL COURTS

ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS LABOUR CORTS

Justices of the Peace

• Registry Courts• Juvenile Courts• Commercial Courts• Courts of Violence against women• Prison Supervisory• Courts

• Courts of First Instance• Senior Judges Courts• Courts of First Instance and

Senior Judges Criminal Courts• Criminal Courts

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4. Map of the Administration of Justice in Catalonia

Tarragona province

Girona province

Barcelona province

Lleida province

Map of the 49 judicial districts in Catalonia

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5. Structure of the Judicial Office

Court Clerk

Personnel

Structure Functions

Court

Registration

Dean Court

Communication acts service

Procedure

Enforcement

Communicationacts

Voluntaryjurisdiction

Registry Office

GP3

TP4/5

AJ2

Senior Judge/ Judge

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Administration, order and management of the human

resources of the Judicial Office, with responsibility over these in computers,

new technologies and other material means

Administrative Units

5. Structure of the new model of the Judicial Office

DirectSupport

Unit

CommonProceduralService Unit

Assists judges and senior judges in

developing their judicial duties

Carries out centralized tasks of management and

support in the application of the procedural law

Judicial Office

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5. Structure of the new model of the Judicial Office

CaseManagement

Types

Generic

Structure

CourtClerks1 or 1/2

GP

TP

Enforcement

Registration and distribution

Communication acts

Judicial Assistance

Voluntary Jurisdiction

Citizen serviceAJ

Common Procedural Services

CourtClerks1 or 1/2

GP

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PROCEDURAL ISSUESORGANIZATION HR

SPACESICT

6. Implementation Impact of the new Judicial Office

Amendment of 15 procedural laws

Organic Law of the

Judiciary

Law 13/2009, of 3 November, on the reform of the procedural legislation for the implantation of the new Judicial Office

ORGANIZATIONHRICT

SPACES

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New system based on the List of employment positions

6. Human Resources Impact

List of jobs(RLT)

Destinationcenter

Destinationcenter

Employment position

Generic Individualized

General Public process of

selection

Specific Public process of

selection

Free designation

General Public process of

selection

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MODERNISATIONMODERNISATION

ProximityInnovationIntegrationAdaptability

6. Impact on new technologies

• Organisation

• Proceduralmanagement

• Exploitationof data

• Applications

• Electronic case record

• Security

•Unit management

• Compatibilitytest

• Technology

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General

Hall

Previous hallCitizen

AttentionOffice

Institute of Legal Medicine

Judicial Office

Administrative

Unit

Public Prosecutor’sOffice

SpecializedAttention Office

Registry Office

Lawyers/SolicitorsLabour relationsspecialists

Court Guard

SELF FUNCTIONING SELF

FUNCTIONING

6. Impact on spacesPublic spaceapproach

Access Control

Public circulation

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7. Judicial Support

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2011 Total expenditure

2,780M€

2.197.731 €

79%582.557 €

21%

InterpretationsTranslations

7. Figures on Judicial Support in 2011Translators and Interpreters

1.423.886 €

1.366.967 €

1.388.028 €

1.292.879 €

1.178.866 €2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Legal experts

2011 Total expenditure

2,780M€

2.197.731 €

79%582.557 €

21%

InterpretationsTranslations

Translators and Interpreters

67,21 M€ 65,43 M€

51,68 M€60,79 M€ 64,46 M€

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Free legal aid (including official turn of duty) million €

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Rapid identification of objects using bar

codes and photographs

Management of retained items (location,

situation, custody ...)

Control of applications for loans or

repurchase agreements (warehouse output)

Management of physical locations:

warehouses, internal or external, and other

special locations

Register of actions on objects (historical

movements)

Cost Control

Generation of statistics and inventories

7. Judicial Support. Effects Management System (GEF)

Main Features

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Radio frequency identification or RFID is based on the use of ID chips that allow

communication without contact with the reader.

7. Judicial Support. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

RFID technology applied to document management allows for location

and management of files in real time.

More than 2.5 km of court records are identified electronically in the central

archives of the courts of Barcelona and Hospitalet in the City of Justice.

Technological elements RFID PDA

A PDA device with an RFID module is a tool for

locating, reading and writing at a distance for

labels on files, boxes and shelves

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Courts according to the type of the bodyCollegiate Bodies (divisions and chambers) 35Single Judge Courts 577Justices of the Peace 898

Human ResourcesJudges and senior judges 765Public prosecutors 375Court Clerks 631Judicial Office support staff 7348

Number of Judicial Districts 49

Total % Vacancies Staff Vacancies

Senior judges 685Judges 80Court Clerks 631

Vacancies

10,2%11,3%33,9%

Total

709

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Total judicial bodies in Catalonia: 2007 - 2011

Creation of judicial units in Catalonia: 2007 - 2010

558538

612595575

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single Judge Courts Collegiate bodies

19 17 19 17

44 63

23 232122

2007 2008 2009 2010

Single Judge places Collegiate bodies places Total

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Judges and senior judges: 2007-2011

Court Clerks and Public Prosecutors: 2007-2011

578 595 615558

631

375357332323303

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Court Clerks Public Prosecutors

505 524 541 560 577

164 167 171 175 188669 691 712 735 765

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single Judge Courts Collegiate Bodies Total

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8. Total Justice figures

Total staff of Judicial Office: 2007-2011

The total staff includes of Judicial Office includes all the Judicial Office support employees: GP, TP, AJ, Secretaries of peace and Forensic doctors.

362 312 321 276171 171 171 157 157

412

7.108

7.258 7.2587.348 7.348

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Substitutions Reinforcements Total staff

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8. Total judicial activity figures

Total cases in Catalonia: 2007 - 2011

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Incoming cases Closed cases Pending cases

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8.1. Civil litigious cases figures (2008)*

* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Only the states had participated in the process)

C iv il litig io u s c a s e s

-

5 0 0 .0 0 0

1 .0 0 0 .0 0 0

1 .5 0 0 .0 0 0

2 .0 0 0 .0 0 0

2 .5 0 0 .0 0 0

3 .0 0 0 .0 0 0

3 .5 0 0 .0 0 0

4 .0 0 0 .0 0 0

4 .5 0 0 .0 0 0

Austria

BelgiumDenm

ark

Estonia

Finland

France

Italy

Ne therla

nds

PolandRomaniaSlove

nia

Spain

In c o m in gR e s o lve dP e n d in g

I n c o m in g R e s o lv e d P e n d i n g C a s e T u r n o v e r R a t io

A u s t r i a 1 1 0 . 4 9 7 1 1 1 . 2 4 5 3 9 . 2 2 7 1 , 0 1 B e l g iu m 6 6 1 . 1 4 9 - - - D e n m a r k 5 9 . 6 7 0 5 8 . 3 6 6 3 2 . 8 7 3 0 , 9 8 E s t o n ia 1 9 . 7 7 8 1 9 . 6 3 0 1 2 . 4 6 6 0 , 9 9 F i n l a n d 9 . 7 0 3 9 . 3 9 9 5 . 9 2 9 0 , 9 7 F r a n c e 1 . 7 4 4 . 3 5 0 1 . 6 4 5 . 1 6 1 1 . 2 8 7 . 7 0 6 0 , 9 4 I t a l y 2 . 8 4 2 . 6 6 8 2 . 6 9 3 . 5 6 4 3 . 9 3 2 . 2 5 9 0 , 9 5 N e th e r l a n d s - 2 0 0 . 0 0 0 - - P o l a n d 7 4 6 . 9 2 6 7 1 9 . 2 9 6 3 2 6 . 8 0 9 0 , 9 6 R o m a n i a 7 0 6 . 3 8 1 6 6 4 . 6 0 8 2 8 7 . 7 6 8 0 , 9 4 S l o v e n ia 3 1 . 2 2 1 3 3 . 7 8 8 4 2 . 6 1 2 1 , 0 8 S p a i n 1 . 6 2 0 . 7 1 7 1 . 3 2 4 . 5 7 7 1 . 0 7 4 . 7 4 8 0 , 8 2

C i v i l l i t i g i o u s c a s e s

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A u s t r i a 8 2 7 . 0 6 6 8 2 2 . 9 4 1 1 5 4 . 0 8 9 1 , 0 0 B e l g iu m - - - - D e n m a r k 5 . 0 4 9 5 . 1 7 4 3 . 4 5 8 1 , 0 2 E s t o n ia 7 3 . 6 1 5 5 0 . 5 2 2 6 2 . 7 4 1 0 , 6 9 F i n l a n d 2 6 8 . 5 5 4 2 5 5 . 5 9 2 5 8 . 8 8 9 0 , 9 5 F r a n c e 1 0 1 . 8 3 7 1 0 5 . 0 9 9 5 . 8 4 0 1 , 0 3 I t a l y 1 . 2 7 1 . 1 9 1 1 . 2 2 9 . 8 2 2 1 4 6 . 8 7 0 0 , 9 7 N e th e r l a n d s - 9 4 7 . 5 7 0 - - P o l a n d 1 . 9 6 1 . 2 8 0 1 . 9 2 3 . 6 3 2 2 1 5 . 3 2 0 0 , 9 8 R o m a n i a 5 4 7 . 4 0 1 5 3 8 . 8 3 0 2 1 . 4 9 0 0 , 9 8 S l o v e n ia 3 2 . 0 0 4 3 1 . 6 9 7 1 8 . 1 4 3 0 , 9 9 S p a i n 2 1 9 . 6 5 4 2 2 3 . 3 1 0 8 4 . 3 6 5 1 , 0 2

C i v i l n o n - l i t i g i o u s c a s e s

Civil non-litigious cases

-

500.000

1.000.000

1.500.000

2.000.000

2.500.000

Austr

iaBe

lgium

Denmar

kEs

tonia

Finla

ndFr

ance Italy

Nethe

rland

s

Polan

dRom

ania

Slov

enia

Spain

IncomingResolvedPending

8.2. Civil non-litigious cases figures (2008)*


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A u s t r i a 2 4 . 7 8 2 2 4 . 6 3 0 6 . 4 2 9 0 , 9 9 B e l g iu m 4 4 . 0 1 5 4 6 . 0 7 2 9 . 7 1 9 1 , 0 5 D e n m a r k 1 4 . 5 2 5 1 3 . 2 3 1 5 . 9 6 4 0 , 9 1 E s t o n ia 1 9 . 9 8 4 1 9 . 7 6 8 9 8 3 0 , 9 9 F i n l a n d - - - - F r a n c e 6 1 0 . 6 7 4 6 1 8 . 1 2 2 - 1 , 0 1 I t a l y 1 . 2 8 0 . 2 8 2 1 . 2 0 4 . 9 8 2 1 . 2 0 5 . 5 7 6 0 , 9 4 N e th e r l a n d s 2 2 0 . 6 3 4 2 1 9 . 3 9 3 - 0 , 9 9 P o l a n d 4 9 6 . 8 5 5 4 9 9 . 0 1 4 1 6 7 . 1 0 0 1 , 0 0 R o m a n i a - - - - S l o v e n ia 1 9 . 3 8 6 2 0 . 5 0 5 2 1 . 9 0 3 1 , 0 6 S p a i n 3 4 5 . 7 0 7 3 1 0 . 2 8 0 2 5 9 . 3 5 8 0 , 9 0

C r i m i n a l c a s e s

8.3. Criminal cases figures (2008)*


Criminal cases

-

200.000

400.000

600.000

800.000

1.000.000

1.200.000

1.400.000

Austr

iaBe

lgium

Denmar

kEs

tonia

Finla

nd

Fran

ce Italy

Nethe

rland

s

Polan

dRom

ania

Slov

enia

Spain

IncomingResolvedPending

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8.4. Misdemeanour cases figures (2008)*


A u s t r i a 3 5 . 0 3 0 4 0 . 9 0 8 1 3 . 9 7 6 1 , 1 7 B e l g iu m - 2 7 1 . 9 4 5 - - D e n m a r k 9 2 . 1 9 5 8 9 . 5 5 3 2 9 . 1 2 2 0 , 9 7 E s t o n ia 1 3 . 5 6 6 1 2 . 3 1 2 3 . 5 9 9 0 , 9 1 F i n l a n d - - - - F r a n c e 5 1 3 . 4 0 0 4 6 1 . 0 5 3 - 0 , 9 0 I t a l y 2 2 4 . 2 3 9 2 2 . 8 6 5 1 0 2 . 7 5 9 0 , 1 0 N e th e r l a n d s 2 7 9 . 2 1 3 2 8 2 . 5 1 7 - 1 , 0 1 P o l a n d 4 6 5 . 0 1 4 4 5 9 . 3 9 3 7 6 . 8 5 2 0 , 9 9 R o m a n i a - - - - S l o v e n ia 7 8 . 4 9 9 9 6 . 7 1 1 6 3 . 7 2 2 1 , 2 3 S p a i n 9 2 0 . 5 7 7 9 1 7 . 5 5 4 2 2 3 . 7 6 7 1 , 0 0

M i s d e m e a n o u r c a s e s

M is d e m e a n o u r c a s e s

- 1 0 0 .0 0 0 2 0 0 .0 0 0 3 0 0 .0 0 0 4 0 0 .0 0 0 5 0 0 .0 0 0 6 0 0 .0 0 0 7 0 0 .0 0 0 8 0 0 .0 0 0 9 0 0 .0 0 0

1 .0 0 0 .0 0 0

Austria

BelgiumDenmark

Estonia

Finland

France Ita

lyNeth

erlands

PolandRom

ania

Slovenia

Spain

In c o m in gR e s o lv e dP e n d in g


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8. Total judicial activity figures

Judgments, court orders an decrees in Catalonia

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Judgments Orders Decrees

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9. Costs figures in Justice

A significant decentralization process has been observed, especially after 1996.

Expenditure allocated to administration of justice in Catalonia (thousands of euros in 2008 constant values)The costs of the Justice Administration in Catalonia

(thousands of euro, in constant values for 2008)

0

100.000

200.000

300.000

400.000

500.000

600.000

700.000

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

State Govt. Cat.

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9. Expenditure figures in Justice

Catalonia is the Region that assigns the most resources per capita to justice

Regional expenditure per capita in the Administration of justice 2010

75,2

74,2

72,4

64,1

63,1

61,2

53,5

53,2

48,7

0 20 40 60 80

Catalonia

Canary Isles.

Basque Country

Madrid

Reg. Govt average

Navarra

Galicia

Andalusia

Valencia

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* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Germany hadn't participated in the process)

9. Expenditure figures in Justice

Expenditure per capita in the Administration of justice 2008*

86,388,9

25,340,9

114,671,8

10,866,4

36,061,9

78,025,3

79,780,1

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

Spain

Slovenia

Romania

Poland

Netherlands

Italy

France

Finland

Estonia

Denmark

Catalonia

Bulgaria

Belgium

Austria

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10. Ratios of judges per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain

Ratio of judges per 100,000 inhabitantsin Spain:

Evolution 2009-2011

* Including judges and senior judges of Central Courts.

Ratio of judges per100,000 inhabitants in

Spain2009 2010 2011

Andalusia 10,0 10,2 10,3Aragon 10,1 10,2 10,6Asturias 13,3 13,5 13,9Balearic Isles 11,4 11,4 11,8Canary Isles 11,6 11,6 11,8Cantabria 12,0 12,2 12,7Castilla Leon 11,1 11,3 11,6Castilla La Mancha 8,4 8,5 8,8Catalonia 9,7 9,8 10,2Valencian Reg. 9,5 9,8 10,0

Extremadura 9,6 9,7 10,0Galicia 11,2 11,5 12,0Madrid 9,9 10,2 10,5Murcia 9,3 9,6 10,0Navarra 9,7 9,8 10,5Basque Country 10,1 10,1 10,4La Rioja 10,7 10,6 11,2Total regions 10,1 10,3 10,6

Total for Spain* 10,5 10,7 10,9

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10. Number of professional judges sitting in courts for 100.000 inhabitants, in 2008*

Absolut number

Per 100.000 hab

Austria 1.658 19,9Belgium 1.626 15,2Bulgaria 2.166 28.3Catalonia 691 9,4Denmark 380 6,9Estonia 238 17,7Finland 921 17,4France 5.819 9,1Italy 6.109 10,2Netherlands 2.176 13,3Poland 9.890 25.9Romania 4.142 19,2Slovenia 1.083 53,5Spain 4.836 10,7

Professional judges

State

* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Germany hadn't participated in the process)

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