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A Response to the European Commission Consultation on Rule of Law in the Eu A RESPONSE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSULTATION ON RULE OF LAW IN THE EU Civil Liberties Union for Europe May 2020 A Response to the European Commission Consultation on Rule of Law in the EU Table of contents About our contribution 3 Overview of trends: what emerges from our members’ submissions 5 Justice systems: independence, quality and efficiency on the line 5 No real steps forward on eradicating corruption 6 Still a long way to go for media pluralism and freedom of expression 7 Besides the courts, other checks and balances are under pressure 8 Other systemic fundamental rights issues continue to affect the rule of law 9 Conclusion and recommendations 11 Annex - Country submissions 14 Bulgaria – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee 14 Justice system 14 Anti-corruption framework 22 Media pluralism and freedom of expression and of information 23 Checks and balances 24 Other systemic fundamental rights issues 26 Croatia – Centre for Peace Studies 27 Justice system 27 Anti-corruption framework 28 Media pluralism and freedom of expression and of information 29 Checks and balances 33 Other systemic fundamental rights issues 39 Italy - Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights (CILD) and Associazione Antigone 42 Justice system 42 Media pluralism and freedom of expression and of information 48 Checks and balances 50 The Netherlands - Netherlands Committee of Jurists for Human Rights (NJCM) 53 Justice system 53 Media pluralism and freedom of expression and of information 60 Checks and balances 66 Romania - The Association for the Defence of Human Rights – the Helsinki Committee (APADOR-CH) 69 Justice system 69 Anti-corruption framework 75 Spain – Rights International Spain (RIS) 79 Justice system 79 Media pluralism and freedom of expression and of information 97 Checks and balances 105 Other systemic fundamental rights issues 113 2 A Response to the European Commission Consultation on Rule of Law in the EU About our contribution The Civil Liberties Union for Europe This contribution is a response to the European (Liberties) is a non-governmental organisation Commission’s consultation feed into its first (NGO) headquartered in Berlin promoting Annual Rule of Law Report. It builds on sub- the civil liberties of everyone in the European missions provided by Liberties’ members in: Union (EU). Liberties is built on a network of national civil liberties NGOs from across the • Bulgaria (Bulgarian Helsinki Committee) EU. Currently, we have member organisations in Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, • Croatia (Centre for Peace Studies) Croatia, Estonia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Spain, • Hungary (Hungarian Civil Liberties Union) Slovenia, the Netherlands and associated part- ners in Germany and Sweden, and we intend • Italy (Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties to keep expanding our membership to include and Rights and Associazione Antigone) NGOs from all 27 EU countries. More infor- mation on our member organizations can be • Poland (Polish Helsinki Foundation for found here. Human Rights) Liberties, together with its members, has • Romania (The Association for the Defence been carrying out advocacy, campaigning and of Human Rights in Romania – the Helsinki public education activities to explain what the Committee) rule of law is, what the EU and national gov- ernments are doing to protect or harm it and • Spain (Rights International Spain) to gather public support to press leaders at EU and national level to fully respect, promote and • the Netherlands (Netherlands Committee protect our basic rights and values. We assist of Jurists for Human Rights). our members to alert EU-decision makers on challenges to the rule of law at national level as This contribution offers an overview of key well as contributing policy papers to help EU challenges and trends identified by Liberties and national policy makers strengthen the rule on the basis of our contributing members’ sub- of law, democracy and fundamental rights in missions. Full country submissions are includ- the EU. Among others, we contributed to the ed as received from our respective members Commission’s reflection process initiated by for Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, the Netherlands, the Communication ‘Further strengthening Romania and Spain, as an annex to this doc- the rule of law within the Union’. ument. Our members in Poland and Hungary are submitting their contribution to the con- 3 A Response to the European Commission Consultation on Rule of Law in the EU sultation separately – the latter as a joint sub- economic and democratic life. We therefore mission together with other national NGOs. encouraged our members to also report on other systemic fundamental rights issues they Liberties promotes a broad understanding of identified in their country. the rule of law, as a principle which encom- passes all values enshrined in Article 2 of the With a view to matching consultation require- Treaty on the European Union. In this respect, ments and ensure coherence, members were we welcome the Commission’s invitation to invited to structure their submissions in line stakeholders to report, in the framework of with the Commission’s consultation question- this consultation, on challenges to democratic naire. Members were left free to identify recent pluralism – including media freedom and civic developments they deemed relevant that fall space. We also believe that the rule of law fur- within the focus of their organisation’s work. ther requires that authorities fulfil their duty The information provided, as well as the posi- to respect and protect fundamental rights. tions and opinions expressed in connection to The rule of law is not merely about defending the issues reported on, build on our members’ individuals from abuse. Its purpose is to allow autonomous monitoring and reporting work at all members of society to develop to their full national and international level. potential and participate actively in social, 4 A Response to the European Commission Consultation on Rule of Law in the EU Overview of trends: what emerges from our members’ submissions Justice systems: independence, systemic issues raised by international moni- quality and efficiency on the line toring bodies on the appointment of higher ranks of the judiciary. All our contributing members raised serious issues around the independence, quality and Our members also point to issues concerning efficiency of the justice system in their submis- the system for the allocation of cases in courts, sions. described as problematic and non-transparent in Bulgaria and Poland and as ineffective in Submissions report abundant evidence show- Romania. On this point, our Dutch member ing that the dismantling of judicial indepen- reports a good practice recently introduced in dence is close to complete in Poland and that the Netherlands. far-reaching retrogressive measures, which would further subject the judiciary to the po- In Bulgaria and Romania, our members litical influence of the ruling party, is on its report a number of public scandals and pro- way in Hungary. tests undermining the perception of the independence of the judiciary, while smear Our members in Bulgaria, Romania and campaigns against the judiciary continue in Spain raise serious concerns over the inde- Poland. pendence and autonomy of the prosecution service – in particular over the way the pros- Our member in Romania also raises concerns ecutor general is appointed in Bulgaria and over magistrates’ accountability and financial Spain and the ineffective subordination of treatment, questioning the inefficient regime prosecutors to their hierarchical superiors in of liability of magistrates for errors commit- Romania. In these countries, our members ted during service and the existing special also report concerns over judiciary councils pension regime. – the bodies supposed to ensure the inde- pendent delivery of justice. Issues reported by As regards the quality of justice, the inef- our members in Bulgaria and Spain relate ficiency and lack of sustainability of legal to the appointment and composition of the aid schemes is seen as concerning in most body, while our member in Romania refers to of our contributing members’ submissions. abusive practices by the members of the judi- Our members in Croatia, Italy and Spain ciary council aimed at obstructing the body’s highlighted persistent issues regarding the work. Our Spanish member further points to conditions to be granted legal aid, as well as, 5 A Response to the European Commission Consultation on Rule of Law in the EU together with our member in Romania, the quality of justice in particular in criminal inadequacy of financial resources meant to proceedings – one being the alarming use of cover free legal assistance – and the impact this pre-trial detention, including its impact on has on participating lawyers and, in turn, on the right to a remedy on decisions to deprive the quality of the service. Our Dutch member individuals of liberty (reported in Bulgaria raises concerns about discussions on reform and in Poland) and its disproportionate ap- of the legal aid system in the Netherlands, plication to marginalised minorities such as as part of a broader pilot system that may Roma (reported in Spain); and the other being allow for significant changes to the judicial the poor implementation of human rights and system with little parliamentary oversight. In EU law standards on procedural rights for Bulgaria – where the flawed legal aid system is persons suspected or accused of a crime point- coupled with the increases in court fees – this ed out by our members in Italy and Spain. reportedly results in restrictions on access to justice including for victims of discrimination Our members in Italy, Poland and Spain and in obstacles to NGOs wishing to carry out alert that excessive length of proceedings litigation. In Poland, too, our member raises continues to seriously affect the efficiency serious concern over changes in the court fees of the justice system, also due to the lack of regime, in particular for conciliatory proceed- resources as mentioned above. Our member in ings.
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