Transparency of Justice

Program for Strengthening the Justice System in Albania (JUST)

Project title: “Strengthening the System of Transparency, Effectiveness and Impartiality in the Albanian Courts, through Improving the Quality of Representation in Trial and Increasing the Ability of Civil Society in Monitoring and Addressing These Issues”.”.

The objective of the Project is: to contribute to the improvement of the quality in the delivery of justice, through the promotion of transparency, effectiveness and impartiality in the Albanian courts.

 

The activity will address:

The effectiveness of justice system professionals, the need to increase effectiveness by improving the quality of representation in court as well as by improving transparency, impartiality and respecting legal ethics.The strategies that are proposed are summarized as follows:

  • Follow-up of cases in the framework of free legal aid (mainly, the cases are intended to include: the implementation of the Family Code, the division of marital assets, the implementation of the law “On measures against violence in family relations”, the law “On protection from discrimination”, “On gender equality in society”, as well as issues related to the protection and compensation of victims of human trafficking and other violent crimes”).
  • Monitoring the court of the Elbasan judicial district using the students of the “pro bono” teams and (University of Elbasan, Faculty of Law) focusing on transparency, effectiveness and impartiality in the judiciary, monitoring the operation of the audio recording software, making the issues public and increasing of awareness about them;
  • Lobbying to increase transparency and the implementation of citizens’ right to information, the use of electronic and written media as a lobbying tool,

The following activities will consist of performing several activities, the fulfillment of the results of which will contribute to the realization of the project’s objective.

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Providing free legal aid to people in need (women) Issues related to: family matters (marriage settlement, child custody, alimony), domestic violence matters and protection through immediate protection orders and protection orders; issues related to conflicts at work, issues of protection of the rights of victims of violent crimes, in particular victims of human trafficking, issues of protection against discrimination for various reasons, civil lawsuits in the criminal process, lawsuits for compensation for damage in the civil process, lawsuit for the division of marital property.

This activity will increase the access of abused women to the justice system. Through this activity, several issues will be identified and as a result, recommendations will be provided regarding the transparency, effectiveness and impartiality of the justice system. This activity will be done by a qualified lawyer who is currently employed by WFE.

Monitoring of 60 court sessions in Elbasan Judicial District Court. This activity will be carried out by students

Writing the monitoring results.

The organization of the Round Table in Elbasan with 20-30 participants – judges, of the Shkodër Judicial District Court, other professionals of the justice system, NGOs in Elbasan and representatives of the visual and written media will get to know the issues identified by the report monitoring and relevant recommendations. The remarks, discussions and suggestions of the participants will serve the group of experts for giving the final form of the monitoring report. The remarks, discussions and suggestions of the participants will also serve the lobbying process that will be carried out by each organization in the coalition for the fulfillment of the recommendations that have emerged from the monitoring report.

Publicizing the findings and recommendations of the monitoring report in print and visual media. The findings and recommendations of the report will be published in the print media and will be made public in the visual media. The three organizations in the coalition have a good cooperation with the visual and written media and this will serve to publicize the findings and recommendations of the monitoring report.

In the form attached to this application, please list the results to be achieved and the indicators you will use to measure success. In addition to quantitative indicators, you can suggest other ways to measure success or impact.

Project results:

  •  Following the implementation of the activities described above, the expected results will be as follows:
  • Women in need will benefit from the provision of free legal aid to increase their access to the justice system. In addition, the provision of free legal aid will be a means to monitor the effectiveness, transparency and impartiality of the court in Elbasan.
  • 60 sessions at the Elbasan Judicial District Court will be monitored. The monitoring process will identify problems and needs for intervention and improvement in relation to the transparency, effectiveness and impartiality of the justice system.
  • Processing data obtained from monitoring and preparing a monitoring report including findings, conclusions and recommendations
  • The organization of a Round Table in Elbasan where 20-30 participants are expected to participate – judges, other professionals of the justice system, NGOs in Elbasan and representatives of the visual and written media will be made aware of the issues identified by the monitoring report. The findings and recommendations of the monitoring will be made public to the justice system professionals and other actors in Elbasan.
  • After the publication of the monitoring report in the media and on the WFE web, it will be expected to increase the awareness of the actors of the justice system and the entire community regarding exams and system issues. In addition, it is expected to increase the level of community information regarding the problems of the justice system, as well as to increase the awareness of judges regarding the active role of civil society and the entire community to make the justice system more transparent and effective. and more impartial
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