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Justice systems improving in majority of EU states: official report

Xinhua, March 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

The European Union (EU) on Monday released the 2015 EU justice scoreboard to give an overview of quality, independence and efficiency of the justice systems in its 28 member states.

Among the report's key findings were that efficiency of justice systems in member states improved, efforts to enhance the use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools for judicial systems have continued, and more than 20 percent of judges participated in continuous training on EU law or on the law of other member states in the majority of member states.

Moreover, the majority of member states enabled free online access to civil and commercial judgments for the general public. The report also observed that the higher the court, the lower the share of female judges.

EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourova said that most member states were engaged in reforming their justice system in 2014, and that the Commission welcomed and supported their efforts.

"More effective justice systems will lead to an increased mutual trust among member states. We know that justice reforms take time to produce results, but we see some encouraging signs in the new scoreboard," she added. Enditem