European Judges to Check Independence of Bulgarian Courts

Independence of Bulgarian courts will be checked by a delegation of the European Association of Judges. Photo by BGNES

A delegation from the European Association of Judges will make a three-day check to establish whether there is an unauthorized interference in the independence of the court in Bulgaria.

The news about the delegation's visit was announced Wednesday by the Bulgarian Judges Association.

The delegation will include Austria's Gerhard Reissner, President of the European Association of Judges, the Dutch judge Marten Stenbeck and the Estonian judge Meelis Eerik.

In May 2010, the Bulgarian Judges Association sent a letter to the European Association of Judges, expressing its concerns regarding the comments of Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, on the court's ruling.

During the visit, the delegation will meet with the Chair of the Supreme Court of Cassations, Lazar Gruev, the Chair of the Supreme Bar Council, Daniela Dokovska, the chair of the Supreme Judicial Council, Aneliya Mingova.

The European Association of Judges delegation will also meet with the Parliamentary legal committee, with Bulgaria's justice minister and the interior minister, with the Chair of the Constitutional Court and with representatives of NGOs.

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