Page 5 - Serbia Judicial Functional Review

Table of Contents

OBJECTIVE, SCOPE & STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................... 1

OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND PRIORITIES ........................................................................................................ 3
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................. 8
EXTERNAL PERFORMANCE: EFFICIENCY, QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF JUSTICE SERVICES .................................................... 8
i. In Context: Assessing Performance in Light of Caseloads and Workloads........................................... 8
A. EFFICIENCY IN JUSTICE SERVICE DELIVERY ......................................................................................................... 10
i. Main Findings .................................................................................................................................... 10
ii. Recommendations and Next Steps .................................................................................................... 12
B. QUALITY OF SERVICES DELIVERED ................................................................................................................... 16
i. Main Findings .................................................................................................................................... 16
ii. Recommendations and Next Steps .................................................................................................... 18
C. ACCESS TO JUSTICE SERVICES ......................................................................................................................... 22
i. Main Findings .................................................................................................................................... 22
ii. Recommendations and Next Steps .................................................................................................... 25
INTERNAL PERFORMANCE: GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES FOR SERVICE DELIVERY ................................... 29
A. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 29
i. Main Findings .................................................................................................................................... 29
ii. Recommendations and Next Steps .................................................................................................... 31
B. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................ 35
i. Main Findings .................................................................................................................................... 35
ii. Recommendations and Next Steps .................................................................................................... 37
C. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................ 39
i. Main Findings .................................................................................................................................... 39
ii. Recommendations and Next Steps .................................................................................................... 41
D. ICT MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 45
i. Main Findings .................................................................................................................................... 45
ii. Recommendations and Next Steps .................................................................................................... 46
E. INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................... 51
i. Main Findings .................................................................................................................................... 51
ii. Recommendations and Next Steps .................................................................................................... 52
PART 1: EXTERNAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................... 54

1. DEMAND FOR JUSTICE SERVICES (CASELOADS AND WORKLOADS) ....................................................... 54
CHAPTER SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................. 54
A. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 55
B. OVERALL DEMAND AND LITIGATION RATE ........................................................................................................ 55
C. DEMAND FOR JUSTICE SERVICES BY COURT TYPE ............................................................................................... 59
D. DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN DEMAND ........................................................................................................ 61
E. CASELOADS PER JUDGE ................................................................................................................................. 62
F. WORKLOADS OF PROSECUTORS...................................................................................................................... 66
2. EFFICIENCY IN THE DELIVERY OF JUSTICE SERVICES .............................................................................. 68
CHAPTER SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................. 68
A. PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF COURTS ................................................................................................... 70
i. Case Dispositions ............................................................................................................................... 70
ii. Dispositions per Judge ....................................................................................................................... 72
iii. Clearance Rates ................................................................................................................................. 76
B. TIMELINESS IN CASES PROCESSING .................................................................................................................. 80
i. Number of Pending (Carry-Over) Cases ............................................................................................. 80
ii. Congestion ratios (the Relative Size of the Pending Stock) ................................................................ 82
iii. Age Structure of the Pending Stock ................................................................................................... 86
iv. Time to Disposition by the Age of Resolved Cases ............................................................................. 89