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mediapool.bg: Presidents of 4 Key Administrative Courts were Elected yesterday
The new Presidents of the administrative courts in Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas and Veliko Turnovo were elected by the SJC on January 19, 2012. BILI prepared profiles of all candidates.
legalworld.bg: Tsoni Tsonev Withdrew from the Inspectorate to the Supreme Judicial Council
Suddenly Tsoni Tsonev decided to withdraw from the Inspectorate to the Supreme Judicial Council. His motive: "My name is tainted!"
Live EC press briefing: The European Commission comments on the opaque appointments of Inspectors
As a result of the instantaneous reaction of BILI to mobilize the civil sector, the EC responded on a press briefing today that the Commission has received the latter and it follows very carefully the on-going procedure, its position being more than clear that such nominations are to be undertaken fully respecting transparency and the integrity of the process.
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SJC press centre: BILI launched a project on monitoring of Random case assignment
The SJC will provide assistance to BILI and the US Embassy in Bulgaria in the realization of a monitoring project on the observation and electronic administration of the random case assignment principle (RCA) in the Supreme Administrative court, the Supreme Court of Cassation and Sofia City Court
Bilyana Wegertseder for "12+3" BNR Broadcast
Bilyana is discussing the necessity of amendments in the Judiciary System Act in an interview with the BNR journalist Silvia Velikova.
Bilyana for focus-news.net: The Appointments for Inspectors in the ISJC Must be Carried Out According to a New Procedure.
Still our request is open discussion of the necessary amendments in the JSA, concerning the elections of inspectors in the ISJC and members of the SJC elected by the parliamentary quota to be initiated, notified Bilyana.
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Catherine Day: Judicial appraisals, appointments and elections "will be carefully examined by the European Commission"
The Secretary General of the European Commission, Ms Catherine Day, expressed appreciation to BILI and the other non-governmental organisations for their initiative and the letter sent on December 19, 2011 regarding the recent nominations of judicial inspectors at the Inspectorate to the Supreme Judicial Council.
The Official Web Portal of the Project Transparent Judicial Appointments Initiative is launched
The website www.judicialprofiles.bg is providing a unified format for making relevant data on judicial performance evaluation and career process easily accessible on an on-going basis.
12 NGOs United in a Subsequent Letter in Relation with the Election of Inspectors to the ISJC
The continuous polemics related to the procedure for election of inspectors for the Inspectorate at the Supreme Judicial Council (ISJC) from the Parliament, engaged 12 NGOs once again to remind of the essence of the position stated in the letter from December 19, 2011 (supported by 11 leading NGOs) and further developed by the Union of Judges in Bulgaria in their letter from December 20, 2011.
The European Commission received an Open Letter expressing the Protest of the Civil Sector against the Opaque Procedure of Appointment of Inspectors in the ISJC*
The strong resistance of the non-governmental sector against the procedure of appointment of Inspectors in the ISJC reached the European Commission today in the form of a widely supported Letter
BILI Filed a Letter to the Parliamentary Committee of Legal Affairs for the Upcoming Election of Inspectors in the ISJC*
Nominations of the candidates were announced literally hours before the upcoming hearing, including in violation of the deadline (December 9th) set by the Committee itself.