Superior Council of Magistracy

Controversial Judges Chosen for Romanian Constitutional Court

The bicameral Romanian parliament on Tuesday elected two new judges at the Constitutional Court - Bogdan Licu and Laura-Iuliana Scantei, both of whom are believed to be close to President Klaus Iohannis.

Licu, who was nominated by the Social Democratic Party, PSD, for the position, was supported 208 lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies while 93 voted against.

Moldova’s Judicial Reforms ‘Unsatisfactory’, Report

Moldova made little progress on reforms to the judiciary, said the latest report of Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption, GRECO, launched on Wednesday. 

"GRECO evaluated the implementation of the recommendations in a first compliance Report in 2018 and a second compliance report in 2020″, a press release said. 

Moldova’s Govt Has ‘Unequivocal Mandate’ to Tackle Judicial Corruption

Second, Litvinenco says, his ministry aims to create a better legal framework for confiscating the illegal fortunes of those proven to have obtained them in illicit ways.

The minister told BIRN that he also wants to clean up the system of appointing and retaining judges and prosecutors by introducing external and extraordinary evaluation of judges and prosecutors.

EC report on Romania: Improved perception of justice independence, yet human resource deficit remains a concern

In its second annual EU rule-of-law report released in Brussels on Tuesday, the European Commission looks at the independence and quality of Romania's judiciary, the fight against corruption, media pluralism and media freedom.

CSM: Elimination of service pensions of magistrates seriously affects justice independence

The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) said the elimination of the service pensions of the magistrates "is a very serious matter that affects justice independence." "The Superior Council of Magistracy is concerned and disapproves the adoption by the Deputies Chamber on January 28 of the law that eliminates the service pensions of judges and prosecutors.

CSM's Judges' section: Regulating judge-minister incompatibility, national legislator's option

Regulating incompatibility between the office of judge and that of minister of justice depends on the option of the national legislator and not on the standards established by the Venice Commission, the Judges' Section of the Supreme Council of Magistracy (CSM) explained on Friday.

Presidential Administration: President didn't justify rejecting judge Girbovan, but citizen Girbovan

The Presidential Administration on Thursday pointed out, in reply to the stand of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) regarding Dana Girbovan, that the head of state 'didn't justify the rejection of the proposal for Justice Minister of judge Dana-Cristiana Girbovan, but of Romanian citizen Dana-Cristiana Girbovan.' "Romania's President didn't justify the rejection of the proposal for Justi

Moldova Starts Replacing Discredited Constitutional Court Judges

The first two new Constitutional Court judges in Moldova were elected on Thursday by parliament after all six former holders of the posts resigned in June, following accusations by the new government under Maia Sandu that they had repeatedly ruled in favour of the former governing Democratic Party.

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