Multifaceted is the pursuit of his leadership justice ministry To reduce the delays in the administration of justice as far as possible and to solve the chronic problems that plague both the internal space of justice and the parties, witnesses, citizens and lawyers.
The action of the Ministry of Justice, however, does not stop there, as the following five bills have in the final stages of processing:
1/ New Code of Civil Procedure, with the aim of issuing a final decision within 650 days, compared to the 1,492 they need today.
2/ Complete reform of inheritance law.
3/ New code for alternative resolution of differences at all levels (mediation, judicial mediation, arbitration).
4/ Reforming the law of judicial support (Articles 1666 to 1686 of the Civil Code).
5/ The reform of the Code of Lawyers, which will provide, inter alia, that the examinations for the license to practice the lawyer will be carried out by the Ministry and not by the Bar Associations.
Within a relatively short period of time both Minister of Justice George Floridis as well as the Deputy Minister Ioannis Bougaswith the contribution of the Secretary -General Pelopa Lasku, performed a feat in the field of justice.
The innovation brought by Mr Floridis with the new judicial map, despite being still in the final stage of his reforms, brought the top down and has already begun to be apparent.
THE new court map It took advantage of the vibrational potential of the judges, increasing the first -degree judges to 2,100, after the incorporation of all peace courts in the country’s courts.
Thus, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Justice (Just Stat), the first period of implementation of the new judicial map (October – December 2024) observes that the rate of clearing the pending cases in the country’s largest court, Athens has increased from 68% to 82%.
According to estimates by the Ministry of Justice, it is estimated that the co-productivity of the former Pacific Courts and the Court of First Instance will increase by 7%-17%per year, while the clearance rate of the Court of First Instance is expected to increase by 14%-24%.
It is indicative that the Department of Interim Measures of the Athens Court of First Instance is observed a decrease in the time of identification of temporary orders, and in particular from the 15 days required is now being tried in two days, that is, almost immediately. The acceleration of justice has also been made to the lawsuit to lawyers, and has been announced that there will be further transfer of material, and for this purpose it is in the case of a relevant bill.
Significant innovative changes, however, have taken place in all three major courts of the country, namely the Council of State, the Supreme Court and the Court of Auditors. In the Council of State, the old but inactive procedural rule of the Council of Council was established as a basic procedural practice. However, any decision of the Judicial Council is allowed to be led by the party to the hearing, but by paying an increased fee.
At the same time, the New procedure of the Court of Auditors It results in a reduction in the number of cases in the parochial procedure from 16,501 to 1,244. High time improvements have been parallel to the Administrative Courts (Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal).
Human resources
In all courts in the country, human resources increased, both at the level of judges and judicial officials.
For example, in Supreme Court All 88 organic positions have been filled and there is no blank anymore. In the civil courts of 592, there are only six vacancies, while in the civil courts of 2,083, 76 are vacant.
In the field of administrative justice by the 355 organic positions in the Court of Appeal, there are only four vacancies, while only one vacant in the Court of First Instance. Another 350 court officials are expected to join the courts next August.
Offer of buildings
The work of the Ministry of Justice is also quite large in the field of building infrastructure (courts, courtrooms, etc.). The total budget of the Ministry of Justice’s building program is EUR 450 million.
Following the implementation of the new judicial map, which was abolished by some courts, 15 buildings housing courts of ownership of the Tachic, a fair value of EUR 4 million, were granted to Municipalities and ELAS.
Digitization
The overall budget of the Ministry of Justice to digitize justice is EUR 220 million and these resources come from the recovery and resilience fund and the NSRF.
Public benefit
The digital platform of public work is the platform in which the local grades, the NPAs, the Hospitals, etc. They disclose their vacancies and so when the courts impose instead of another penalty of bidding, minimal convicts can be employed by these utilities instead of serving their penalties in detention facilities.
Minors
The leadership of the Ministry of Justice has put a special burden on childhood and adolescent delinquency, which has recently taken on dimensions. In this context, he created adolescent -friendly legislative framework for abusive minors. Instead of any other penalty, minor offenders can attend sports and participate in sports clubs for the purpose of spiritual cultivation, moral redevelopment and socialization by relying on the noble values of sport, culture and art.
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