Summary: Ensuring Judicial Independence through Budgeting

This study was conducted by the “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO with the support of Open Society Foundations – Armenia Office. The study aimed to assess whether the safeguards of the judicial independence are ensured in the Republic of Armenia in law and practice through adequate funding.

In order to increase the trust into the justice system, ensure the delivery of justice in an efficient and proper manner, it is essential to provide the judiciary with the adequate funding necessary to ensure the independence of the judiciary in practice, on the basis of the priority needs identified by the judiciary itself.

Summary: Ensuring Judicial Independence through Budgeting