justice independence

The magistrates' service pension is a component of the justice independence, and if they are affected, the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) will notify the international bodies and the Constitutional Court in regard to a constitutional…

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader has answered on Wednesday to the warnings from the European Commission, saying that involvement in the justice system is not allowed, ‘no one can tell us when to open or close an investigation’. “In…

A Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) committee has proposed that Romania is monitored due to the risk regarding the independence of justice, a risk derived from the dismissal of Laura Codruta Kovesi from the position of…

Romania is on the 66th position out of 167 worldwide and on the last position in the European Union, with a general score of 6.38, the lowest hitherto, in the Democracy Index 2018 released by The Economist Intelligence Unit and quoted by…

Romanians are invited to join a rally in front of the Romanian Athenaeum on January 10, when the official takeover of the presidency of the Council of the European Union will take place. The event at the Romanian Athenaeum will be…

In a context of a more fragile democracy in Europe, by illiberal regimes that would like magistrates to no longer be politically independent, Klaus Iohannis is a positive example because he does not leave his country get out of hand, French…

Over 1,000 magistrates have signed an open letter to support justice independence, in a period when ‘the recent public debates put in peril the justice independence and Romanian state’s path within the European Union.” The signatories…

The European Commission retorted on Friday to the proposal made by the Romanian Justice minister to fire anti-corruption head Laura Codruta Kovesi, saying it is closely following the latest evolutions in Bucharest and the procedures started…

Romania ranks 64th in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s "Democracy Index 2017", a report providing a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide for 165 independent states and two territories. Based on its scores on a range of…

19 associations call on President Klaus Iohannis to intervene, as mediator, so that the country does not become a blocked project due to the amendments to the laws of justice. At the same time, the signatories believe that the head of state…