High Inspector of Justice Artur Metani received an official visit from the counterparts from the Justice Inspectorates of Romania, Portugal and France, members of the European Network for Justice Inspection, supported by the Council of Europe SEJ III project, whose focus is to support the new justice institutions in Albania established as part of the justice reform.
Inspection as a new practice, was the focus of this meeting with Judge Lucian Netejoru, Chief Inspector of the Judicial Inspection of Romania, Inspector Judge Luis Jardim from Inspectorate of Justice at the Judicial High Council of Portugal and Inspector Martine Bardet from Inspectorate-General of the Judicial Services of France.
Mr. Metani said that HIJ is a new institution, which despite the lack of human resources, is trying to build an experience with best inspection practices. Therefore the communication and cooperation with European counterpart institutions is very important. “The HIJ philosophy, said Mr. Metani, is that inspection seeks the right balance between the public interest in the magistrates work and the independence of judges and prosecutors. This philosophy of the institution work derives from the best debates with personalities in the field of justice as well as our foreign colleagues. “
Mr. Netejoru, Mr. Jardim and Ms. Bardet made a presentation of the inspection models in the respective countries and expressed their willingness to share experiences with the High Inspector of Justice Office.
The Chief Inspector of the Judicial Inspection of Romania, Judge Lucian Netejoru, said that even for Romania, which has a completely independent model of inspection, this is a new experience launched in 2012, and for this reason the communication with counterparts from other countries is necessary.
After this meeting the three guests, accompanied by the High Inspector of Justice, paid a working visit to Vlora Judicial District Court.
In the next two days the delegation will have meetings in the Albanian Parliament (November 23rd) and in the HJC and HPC premises as well as the School of Magistrates (November 24th).
An important part of this official visit is the two-day training which will take place at Tirana Hotel with inspectors and assistant inspectors of the High Inspector of Justice Office in which Magistrate inspectors from France, Italy and Romania will talk about the best practices of judicial inspections by the European Justice Inspectorates.
