Meeting report - The Hague Institute for Global Justice

Meeting report - The Hague Institute for Global Justice

justice sector peer - assisted learning network
Meeting report
Communities of Practice Meeting
for court managers & administrators
11-12 June 2012
The Hague - The Netherlands
Introduction and opening of the meeting
The second JUSTPAL Community of Practice Meeting for Court Managers & Administrators was held at the premises of The Hague Institute for Global Justice in
The Hague. The Operational Director of the Institute Mr. Anton Nijssen opened this
meeting, followed by introductory remarks by Mr. Leonard Frank McCarthy (VicePresident of Integrity of the World Bank) and Mr. Hassane Cisse (Deputy General
Counsel of the Legal Vice-Presidency of the World Bank).
Measuring and managing justice sector performance: good
practices and challenges
Conclusions and future activities
It is agreed that the JUSTPAL Program will
explore cooperation with the World Bank
Global Forum of Law, Justice and Development. The JUSTPAL Task Manager will
liaise with the Global Forum Program. By
sharing information and representing JUSTPAL at meetings of the Global Forum of
Law, Justice and Development (and v.v.)
synergy can be created between both initiatives, especially since the Global Forum
is oriented at knowledge and research in
the area of law, justice and development,
whilst the JUSTPAL objectives are focused
on knowledge sharing between justicepractitioners.
Mr. Evgeny Goloshumov (Head of the
Board for Organisation and Legal Support of Courts, Judicial Department Supreme Court of the Russian Federation),
Mrs. Elena Avakyan (Head of the Control
and Analysis Department Supreme Commercial Court, Russian Federation) and
Mr. Dejan Pasic (Assistant Minister, Ministry of Justice Serbia) gave presentations
about informational collection on court
performance, the key performance indicators which are used and how the collected
information is used .
Judiciary and Society
The COP took note of the presentations by
the JUSTPAL members on: (1) measuring
and managing justice sector performance
indicators, (2) court quality systems (in relation to the subject of judiciary and society), (3) public trust in the judiciary and (4)
the main findings of the JUSTPAL survey.
Mr. Daniiar Terbishaliev (Member Judicial Reform Committee, Parliament Kyrgyz
Republic), Mr. Aram Orbelyan (Deputy
Minister, Ministry of Justice Armenia), Mr.
Ucha Todua (Consultant, Tbilisi Court of
Appeals) and Mr. Adil Abilov (Ministry of
Justice, Assistant Minister of Justice and
Acting Deputy Director of Human Rights
and Public Relations Department, Azerbaijan) gave presentations on the interaction
of courts with the public, the different innovations regarding communication techniques between judges and litigants and
the role of judges and press officers in impacting the perception of the public and
civil society about the judiciary.
The Secretariat of JUSTPAL will develop –
in cooperation with the World Bank - on
the basis of the notes of the meetings a
4-page Knowledge Brief, covering the
subjects discussed at the meeting. In addition to this the JUSTPAL Secretariat will
develop a short overview document with
the key-findings of the survey.
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The COP took note of the importance of
sufficient funding of the JUSTPAL network
to realize its objective. The World Bank will
play an active role in finding the required
financial resources in co-operation with
The Hague Institute for Global Justice.
For future COP meetings for court manager the next topics will be put on a reserve
list:
1. Complaints procedures at the courts
2. ICT and court management (will be
addressed in the IS COP)
The Secretariat of JUSTPAL will develop in
cooperation with World Bank a Rules of
Procedure document for the COP group
of court managers and court administrators. In this document the main objectives
of the COP will be described, its composition, working methods and activities for
the coming years.
3. Dealing with minor allegations of misconduct by court officers
4. Strategic Planning and Annual Reporting (will be addressed in the Budgeting COP)
5. Role of court media officers and press
secretaries
To provide potential donors of the JUSTPAL network an overview of the work and
the added value of the network the World
Bank and the THIGJ will prepare a long
term operational plan with a detailed budget proposal.
6. Court user surveying techniques and
feedback mechanisms
7. Court user groups and meeting programs
The COP decided by vote that the next
COP meeting will cover the following topics, among others:
8. Court procedures without legal representation (lawyers)
1. Reviewing, defining and using performance indicators
9. Annual reporting and other publishing
activities/court policies
2. Court quality management systems
10.Providing general information and information about concrete cases to the
public
3. Management and leadership of the
courts
11.Court excellence techniques (to be addressed to the COP meeting for court
managers);
4. Innovations in (court) notification systems
5. Continuous education for court managers and court staff
The Secretariat of JUSTPAL agreed to present an updated and re-designed JUSTPAL
website within the coming two months (at
the end of August 2012 at the latest).
6. Timeliness standards and time processing benchmarks
It is foreseen that a third meeting of the
COP for court managers and court administrators could take place in June 2013,
together with a COP meeting for budget
professionals in the justice sector and a
plenary meeting of JUSTPAL.
7. Public relations and public trust
Regarding the working methods to explore
the subjects of the next COP meetings, an
online survey will be circulated.
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List of participants
First Name
Surname
Title
Organisation
Country
Artur
Tunyan
Director Judicial
Ministry Of Justice
Armenia
Aram
Orbelyan
Ministry Of Justice
Armenia
Aslan
Muradov
Head Of Finance
And Procurement
Department
Ministry Of Justice
Azerbaijan
Adil
Abilov
Assistant Minister Of
Justice And Acting
Deputy Director Of
Human Rights And
Public Relations
Department
Ministry Of Justice
Azerbaijan
Elshad
Shamayev
Judge
Sabail District Court
Azerbaijan
Sanan
Hajiyev
Judge
Narimanov District
Court
Azerbaijan
Anar
Rzayev
Judge
Yasamal District Court
Azerbaijan
Alim
Hasanov
Economist
World Bank
Azerbaijan
Samir
Agabalayev
Chief Advisor
Cabinet Of Ministers
Azerbaijan
Vakil
Isamyilov
Head Of Division Social
Projects Financing
Ministry Of Finance
Azerbaijan
Antoine
Leduc
Partner
BCF S.E.N.C.R.L.
Canada
Nenad
Vukadinović
Project Management
Adviser
Ministry Of Justice
Croatia
Aleksandar
Puh
Municipal State Attorney
Mirijana
Jelenić
State Attorney
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Municipal State
Attorney Office Of Pula
County State Attorney
Of Pula
Croatia
Croatia
First name
Surname
Title
Tomislav
Maras
President
Ivica
Botica
President
Maja
Grubišin
Alan
Colman
Eric
Organisation
Minicipal Court of
Karlovac
Municipal Court of
Split
Country
Croatia
Croatia
Ministry of Justice
Croatia
Principal Counsel
European Bank for
Reconstruction and
England
Corbaux
Chef de Service
Ministry of Justice
France
Lasha
Maghradze
Head of the Bureau of
Supreme Court
the Chairman
Georgia
Giorgi
Berdzuli
Manager
Supreme Court
Georgia
Vano
Zardiashvili
Manager
Tbilisi City Court
Georgia
Giorgi
Kopaliani
Manager
Piji
Protopsaltis
Deputy Director
Ioannis
Karkalis
Judge
Supreme Court
Greece
Konstantinos
Kostopoulos
Judge Counsellor
Hellenic Court of
Audit
Greece
Filoktimon
Arnaoutoglou
Vice-President
Council of state
Greece
Sebnam
Akkaya
World Bank
Kazakhstan
Nurbolot
Kutmanov
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Justice
Kyrgyz Republic
Nurgul
Asanova
Judge
Bishkek City High
Court
Kyrgyz Republic
Arzybek
Kozhoshev
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Finance
Kyrgyz Republic
Daniiar
Terbishaliev
Deputy
Parliament of Kyrgyz
Republic
Kyrgyz Republic
Sandra
Lapina
Head of the Administration,
Supreme Court
Latvia
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Tbilisi Appellate
Court
European Public Law
Organisation
Georgia
Greece
First name
Surname
Title
Organisation
Country
Constantin
Bragoi
Deputy Director
Ministry of Justice
Moldova
Julka
Badnjar
Judge
Supreme Court
Montenegro
Mirjana
Bobicic
Advisor of the President
Supreme Court
Montenegro
Geraldine
Econg
Judicial Reform Program Administrator
Supreme Court
Philippines
José Manuel
Tomé de Carvalho
Judge/Member
High Council Judiciary
Portugal
Simona-Maya
Teodoroiu
Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
Romania
Elena
Avakyan
Head of the Analytical and Statistics Department
Supreme Arbitrazh Court
Russia
Olga
Schwartz
Judicial Reform Consultant
World Bank
Russia
Alexander
Obarchuk
Deputy General Director of the
Judicial Department
Supreme Court
Russia
Evgeny
Goloshumov
Head of the Board for Organizational and Legal Support of
Courts of the Judicial Department
Supreme Court
Russia
Diana
Agadzhanyan
Expert of International Legal Cooperation Division of the Judicial
Department
Supreme Court
Russia
Olga
Sidorovich
Director
Institute for Law
and Public Policy
Russian
John
Furnari
Senior Justice Sector Specialist
World Bank
Serbia
Srdjan
Svircev
Coordinator MDTF-JSS
World Bank
Serbia
Janko
Marinko
Secretary General
Supreme Court
Slovenia
Yoriev
Habibullo
Chief of Staff
Supreme Court
Tajikistan
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First name
Surname
Title
Organisation
Country
Anton
Nijssen
Operational Director
The Hague Institute for
Global Justice
The Netherlands
Willem
van Genugten
Dean
The Hague Institute for
Global Justice
The Netherlands
Pim
Albers
Project Leader
The Hague Institute for
Global Justice
The Netherlands
Manuella
Appiah
Project Officer
The Hague Institute for
Global Justice
The Netherlands
David
Vaughn
Chief of Party
USAID Fair Judiciary
Program
Ukraine
Leonard
McCarthy
Vice President
Institutional Integrity,
World Bank
USA
Ali
Marossi
Registrar
Iran-USA Claims Tribunal
USA
Edward
Russo
Registrar
Iran-USA Claims Tribunal
USA
Barry
Walsh
Senior Counsel
World Bank
USA
Klaus
Decker
Senior Public Sector
Specialist
World Bank
USA
Amit
Mukherjee
Lead Public Sector Specialist
World Bank
USA
Nodirjon
Juraev
Head of the Main department
Ministry of Justice
Uzbekistan
Nadira
Dzheenbekova
Head of Investment
Projects Implementation
Ministry of Finance
Kyrgyz Republic
Hassane
Cisse
Deputy General Legal
Counsel
World Bank
USA
Zoi Melina
Papoutsi
Consultant
World Bank
USA
Georg
Stawa
Vice-President
Council of Europe
CEPEJ
Austria
Sonja
Prostran
Deputy Chief of Party
USAID Separation of
Powers Program
Serbia
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