Organisation of judges handling administrative justice cases

Expert review of regulations (regulating organisation of courts or, in cases where no specialised administrative courts exist, the internal division of work of judges and the establishment of specialised chambers in courts of general jurisdiction) to identify the existence and the number of judges who deal exclusively with administrative cases in all court instances. Expert review of regulations prescribing the number of positions for legal assistants in all courts, and all court instances dealing with administrative cases, supplemented with statistical data on the number of assistants employed. An adequate number of legal assistants is considered, at a minimum, a ratio of one legal assistant for every two judges in the country. Expert review of the training programme(s) to identify special training for administrative judges, supplemented with statistics on the number of administrative judges who have participated in the special training. Training programmes must be run in the current or latest full calendar year and attended by judges dealing with administrative court cases. Expert review of reports on the performance of administrative courts. To meet the criteria for systematic analysis of judges’ workload, the reports must include the following data: • the number of judges per court; • the number of cases annually received/resolved per court and per judge in each court; • the number of unresolved cases at the end of a period per court; • the number of cases pending for more than three years. Data on the number of administrative cases received and resolved annually per judge (the country average) are included for substantiation, if these reports include such information. For each of the following five criteria, 1 point is awarded (total of 5 points).

Criteria fulfilled: 4/5

Yes
No
No data available / not assessed
Administrative cases are handled by administrative courts or judges specialised in administrative cases in all court instances (1 point)
Judges dealing with administrative cases have an adequate number of legal assistants supporting them in their work (1 point)
Specialised training programme(s) for judges dealing with administrative cases are conducted (1 point)
Administrative judges attended the specialised training sessionss (1 point)
The workload of judges is systematically analysed (1 point)