ZAGREB, Oct 16 (Hina) - Citizens have to be able to access information about court practice and the work of the Supreme Court on the Internet because of this institution's role in ensuring a uniform application of laws and citizens'
equality, the court's president, Ivica Crnic, said on Wednesday.
ZAGREB, Oct 16 (Hina) - Citizens have to be able to access
information about court practice and the work of the Supreme Court
on the Internet because of this institution's role in ensuring a
uniform application of laws and citizens' equality, the court's
president, Ivica Crnic, said on Wednesday. #L#
Crnic spoke at the launching of the Supreme Court's new home page,
which may be accessed at "www.vshr.hr".
Besides court practice, which experts and the wider public have
been able to access by Internet in the past as well, the new web page
provides information about the Supreme Court, the judicial
authority, statistics on judges, expert papers, as well as rulings
in cases of interest and importance to the public.
The new Supreme Court web page is the first visible result of the
Reconstruction programme, which is financially supported by the
European Union in view of upgrading the judiciary and law schools in
Croatia, said Christos Mikridis, deputy manager of the EU
delegation to Croatia.
Expert assistance to the realisation of the project was provided by
the Asser Institute from the Netherlands.
Crnic was confident published statistics would show that the
Supreme Court was meeting its commitments. The number of unsolved
cases has been continually decreasing, he said, adding that 9,600
cases recorded at the end of 1999 were reduced to 6,100 in mid-
2002.
Crnic is dissatisfied with the fact that Croatian courts solving
1.5 million cases annually is being disregarded, and that the image
of the judiciary is being built on a few generally negative cases
splashed across the media.
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