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I f.D (HbIY-;(3f 11~65 I AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LAW INITIATIVE I (CEELI) I I QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT RULE OF LAW PROGRAM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE I (Grant No. EUR.0020·G·OO·2050·00) for the period I October 1, 1994 • January 31, 1995 I and I SEMI·ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT I NEW INDEPENDENT STATES PROGRAM (Grant No. CCN·0007·A·OO·4098·00) I for the period August 1, 1994 • January 31, 1995 I I I Contact: Mark S. Ellis Executive Director I Michael C. DiOOring Valerie P. Calogero Kyra A. Buchko Deputy Director Director, Rule of Law Program Director, NIS Program I Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI) American Bar Association 1800 M Street, N.W., Suite 200 I Washington, D.C. 20036-5886 Tel: (202) 331-2619 I Fax: (202) 862-8533 I I AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION I CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LAW INITIATIVE (CEELI) I CEELI EXECUTIVE BOARD Max M. Kampelman; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson I Matthew F. McHugh; Counsellor to the President of the World Bank Sandra Day O'Connor; Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Homer E. Moyer, Jr.; Miller and Chevalier (Chairman) I Talbot "Sandy" D' Alemberte; President, Florida State University Patricia M. Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit I CEELISTAFF I Director's Office Legal Assessments and Concept Papers Mark S. Ellis, Executive Director John C. Knechtle, Director I Elizabeth Robedeau, Assistant to the Director Julie Heaner, Administrative Assistant Commercial Law ProgramlRule of Law Program New Independent States of the Former for Central and Eastern Europe Soviet Union (NIS) Program I Michael C. Diedring, Director, Commercial Law Kyra A. Buchko, Director Program and CEELI Deputy Director Mark Dietrich, Associate Director Valerie P. Calogero, Director, Rule of Law Program Michael Gray, Associate Director I John Brandolino, Senior Project Coordinator Sandy Waniewski, Program Assistant Lisa Dickieson, Senior Project Coordinator Stacey King, Administrative Assistant Nnamdi Ezera, Senior Project Coordinator I Wendy Betts, Administrative Assistant Liaisons and Legal Specialists Research and Special Projects I Kamala Mohammed, Director Angela Conway, Director Renee Williams, Administrative Assistant Kevin Lee, Administrative Assistant I Sister Law School Program Finance and Administration Kim Parker, Director Steven Mossholder, Director Thomas Didato, Program Assistant June Park, Grants Manager I Zinta Jansons, Assistant Grants Manager I CEELI Co-Founders Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte and Homer E. Moyer, Jr. I Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI) Suite 200 South I 1800 M Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20036-5886 Telephone: (202) 331-2619 I Telecopier: (202) 862-8533 I I TABLE OF CONTENTS I I RULE OF LAW PROGRAM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Albania ................................................. 1 I Bulgaria ................................................ , 7 I Croatia .................................................. 13 Czech Republic . .. 19 I Estonia .................................................. 24 I Hungary ................................................. 28 Latvia .................................................. 31 I Lithuania ................................................ 36 I Macedonia ............................................... 42 Poland ...................... '. .. 48 I Romania ................................................ , 54 Slovakia ................................................ , 59 I Financial Report I NEW INDEPENDENT STATES PROGRAM I Introduction .............................................. i Belarus. .. 1 I Kazakhstan .............................................. , 6 I Kyrgyzstan . .. 11 Moldova ................................................ , 17 I Russia .................................................. 23 I Ukraine ................................................. 33 Environmental Public Advocacy Center (EPA C) .................... , 37 I Financial Report I I I ALBANIA I I. Overview As previously reported, husband and wife team Scott Carlson and Lisa Davis arrived in Tirana in mid-September, where they will spend one year as CEELI liaisons. Under their I leadership, CEELI's Albania program progressed substantially during the last three months of 1994, and first month of 1995. I On an administrative note, the liaisons made significant efforts to get CEELI's new Tirana offices up and running. CEELl's Rule of Law office is located in the Court of Cassation (Albania's Supreme Court), giving CEELI regular access to the judges of that Court, who I include both the president and founder of the Association of Judges of Albania (AJA). Also, in December CEELI relocated its Commercial Law office, into a suite in a centrally-located building. CEELI shares the suite with several prominent private practitioners, which has helped I solidify CEELI's relationship with the bar. The new office includes a modest conference room, thus augmenting CEELI' s ability to convene meetings of small groups. Finally, CEELI! Albania has acquired several new computers (including one full-size computer with CD Rom capability I and a laser printer), and has hired local staff assistants (multilingual Albanian law students). All of these developments have increased CEELI's productivity significantly. They also have I increased CEELl's ability to help the AJA, and recently-fonned bar chambers, communicate and hold meetings with their members. I II. Judicial Reform I A. Goal • Collaborate with and support members of the Albanian judiciary, and the fledgling independent judges' group, the AJA, in their efforts to develop the judiciary into an I independent, well-trained, appropriately-compensated, ethical, respected body, with sufficient resources and access to the written law to enable it to deliver reasoned, just decisions, and able to derme its own goals and needs and to advocate those needs before I the Government, Assembly, and people. I B. October 1994 to February 1995 Objectives • Complete draft of response to "CEELI Judicial Questionnaire." I • Complete translation into Albanian of CEELI comments on AJA judicial ethics code, distribute comments to judges nationwide, and utilize comments as springboard for I informal discussions/meetings with judges on the subject of ethics. • Continue to assist and work with USIS/Tirana and other foreign assistance providers, I as needed, on projects to (1) establish modem, centrally-located, accessible library of I 1 I I I Albanian laws; and (2) publish and distribute Court of Cassation decisions. I • Assist AlA in developing and distributing periodic newsletter for AlA membership. • Continue to assist AlA with organizational issues, such as establishing and prioritizing I long and short-term goals; locating funding; building and sustaining membership. c. October 1994 to February 1995 Activities and Impact I • Completed draft of response to "CEELI Judicial Questionnaire," utilizing information gathered previously. I • Completed translation into Albanian of judicial ethics code comments, distributed comments to judges nationwide (included with comments was the code itself, which had not previously been distributed to the judges). Comments now can be used as I springboard for informal discussions/meetings with judges on the subject of ethics. • Continued to assist and work with USIS/Tirana and other foreign assistance providers, I on project to establish modem, centrally-located library of Albanian laws (the initial phases of this project will be funded by grant to the AlA from USIS/Tirana). Library I site has been identified -- it will be located in Court of Cassation. • Assisted AlA in implementing project funded by USIS/Tirana, to publish and distribute copies of Court of Cassation decisions. Inaugural edition of AlA newsletter (see below) I will include sampling of first decisions selected for publication. • Assisted AlA in efforts to develop newsletter for its members. Initially, newsletter is I being prepared on CEEU's in-country computer equipment. • Continued to assist the AlA with organizational issues, such as establishing and I prioritizing long and short-term goals; locating funding; building and retaining I membership. Evaluation: CEELI continued to solidify its relationship with members of the Albanian judiciary and with leaders of the AJA, and made I substantial progress in its efforts to gather information about the country's judicial system. Substantial progress also was made on the projects to develop an Albanian law library, to publish and I distribute copies of Court of Cassation opinions, to initiate a I newsletter for the AJA, and to assist the AJA with ethical issues. I D. Planned Activities (February to August 1995) I 2 I I • Continue to assist and work with USIS/Tirana and other foreign assistance providers, I on project to establish library of Albanian laws. I • Continue to assist AJA in implementing project funded by USIS/Tirana, to publish and distribute copies of Court of Cassation decisions. I • Continue to assist AJA in efforts to develop newsletter for its members. I • Assist AJA in contacting and applying for membership in international judges' groups. • Utilize translated version of CEELI comments on AJA judicial ethics code as I springboard for informal discussions/meetings with judges on the subject of ethics. • Begin planning regional workshop on judicial training issues, for selected judges from Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania. (This program is tentatively I scheduled for late spring, in Bulgaria.) • Begin laying groundwork