Programa europeu d'intercanvi d'autoritats judicials. Centre d'Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada, 8 de juny de 2012

1. The Administration of Justice in Catalonia
2007 to 2011
June 2012
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2. Contents
1. Government organs of the Administration of Justice
2. Map of powers assumed in justice by Regional Governments
3. Transferred powers in Catalonia
4. Organization of the Judiciary in Catalonia
5. Structure of the Judicial Office (current and new model)
6. Implementation Impact of the new Judicial Office
7. Judicial Support
8. Total Justice data in Catalonia
9. Costs figures in Justice in Catalonia
10. Ratios of judges per 100,000 inhabitants
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3. 1. Government organs of the Administration of Justice
General Council of Ministry of Justice: Catalan Ministry of
the Judiciary: This is the government Justice:
This is the department responsible Exercises the powers that
Autonomous for preparing, managing the Constitution and the
Government body with and executing Justice Statute of Autonomy
competence policies on the subject of attribute to the Government
throughout Spain Justice of Catalonia
• Judges • Public Prosecutors •Administrative
• Senior Judges • Court Clerks Staff of theJudicial
Office 3
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4. 1. Organizational Chart of the Catalan Ministry of Justice
Minister
Secretary of
Relations with
General the Administration
Secretary of Justice
Directorate Directorate General
Directorate Directorate
General of Penal
General of General
of Modernization Enforcement in the
Penitentiary Of Law and
of the Administration Community and
Services Legal Entities
of Justice Juvenile Justice
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5. 2. Map of transferred powers by Autonomous Regions
Map of powers assumed in matters of justice by Regional Governments
with specification of the year of the transfers beginning
1987-1996
2006 2006-08
1994 1999
2010
1984-96
2007
2002
1995-97
1997
1996
Regional Governments with powers
transferred
Ministry of Justice
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6. 3. Powers transferred in Administration of Justice in Catalonia
Transfer of services in matters of Penitentiary
Administration
Royal Decree 3482/1983, of 28 December (entry into force
on 1/1/1984)
• Management, organization and inspection of Penitentiary
Institutions
• Transfer and global management of the staff of Penitentiary
Institutions
• Transfer of assets related to the services
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7. 3. Powers transferred in Administration of Justice in Catalonia
Material and economic resources
Royal Decree 966/1990, of 20 July
• Acquisition and management of real estate and assets
• Preparation and execution of damage compensation
programs
• Compensation for lawyer defence actions
• Expenses necessary for the functioning of courts,
compensation for judicial actions, witnesses and expert
witnesses
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8. 3. Powers transferred in Administration of Justice in Catalonia
Transfer of staffs
Royal Decree 441/1996, of 1 March
• Staff of the Administration of Justice
• Review and approval of the staff of Secretaries of Courts of the
Peace, selection, recruitment and adscription of administrative
employees for the courts of peace with populations of over 7000
inhabitants.
Royal Decree 1905/1994, of 23 September
• Employees working for courts
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9. 4. Organizational Chart of the Judiciary in Catalonia
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
OF CATALONIA
CONTENTIOUS
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
ADMINISTRATIVE LABOUR CHAMBER
CHAMBER
CHAMBER
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ADMINISTRATIVE
LABOUR CORTS
PROVINCIAL COURTS COURTS
• Courts of First Instance • Registry Courts
• Senior Judges Courts • Juvenile Courts
• Courts of First Instance and • Commercial Courts
Senior Judges Criminal Courts • Courts of Violence against women
• Criminal Courts • Prison Supervisory
• Courts
Justices of the Peace
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10. 4. Map of the Administration of Justice in Catalonia
Map of the
49 judicial
districts in
Catalonia
Barcelona province
Tarragona province
Girona province
Lleida province
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11. 5. Structure of the Judicial Office
Court
Structure Functions
Senior Judge/ Judge
Procedure
Court Clerk
Enforcement
Personnel
Communication
GP acts
3
Voluntary
TP
jurisdiction
4/5
AJ Registry Office
2
Dean Court
Registration Communication acts service
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12. 5. Structure of the new model of the Judicial Office
Judicial Office Administrative Units
Direct Common Administration, order and
Support Procedural management of the human
Unit Service Unit resources of the Judicial
Office, with responsibility
over these in computers,
Assists judges Carries out new technologies and other
and senior judges in centralized tasks of material means
developing their management and
judicial duties support in the
application of the
procedural law
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13. 5. Structure of the new model of the Judicial Office
Common Procedural Services
Structure Types
Court Generic Case Enforcement
Clerks Management
1 or 1/2
Registration and distribution
GP Communication acts
Judicial Assistance
TP
Voluntary Jurisdiction
AJ Citizen service
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14. 6. Implementation Impact of the new Judicial Office
Law 13/2009, of 3 November, on the reform of the procedural
legislation for the implantation of the new Judicial Office
ORGANIZATION PROCEDURAL ISSUES HR
ORGANIZATION
HR
ICT
SPACES
ICT SPACES
Amendment of 15 Organic Law
procedural laws of the
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15. 6. Human Resources Impact
New system based on the List of employment positions
Destination
center
List of jobs
Employment (RLT)
position
Generic Individualized
Destination
center
General General Specific
Public process of
Free
Public process of Public process of
designation
selection selection selection
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16. 6. Impact on new technologies
Adaptability Integration Innovation Proximity
• Organisation • Exploitation •Unit
of data management
• Security
• Procedural
management • Applications • Compatibility
test
• Electronic
case record • Technology
MODERNISATION
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17. Public space 6. Impact on spaces
approach
Access
SELF Control
SELF
FUNCTIONING
Previous hall FUNCTIONING
Citizen
Attention
Office
Public circulation Court Guard
Registry Office
Institute of Legal
General Medicine
Specialized
Attention Office Hall
Public Prosecutor’s
Office
Lawyers/Solicitors
Labour relations
specialists Administrative
Unit
Judicial
Office
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18. 7. Judicial Support
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19. 7. Figures on Judicial Support in 2011
Translators and Interpreters Legal experts
Interpretations
Translations
2011 1.292.879 €
2010 1.388.028 €
2.197.731 €
582.557 € 2011 Total
79% 2009 1.366.967 €
expenditure
21% 2,780M€
2008 1.423.886 €
2007 1.178.866 €
Free legal aid (including official turn of duty) million €
64,46 M€ 67,21 M€ 65,43 M€
60,79 M€
51,68 M€
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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20. 7. Judicial Support. Effects Management System (GEF)
Main Features
Rapid identification of objects using bar
codes and photographs
Management of retained items (location,
situation, custody ...)
Control of applications for loans or
repurchase agreements (warehouse output)
Management of physical locations:
warehouses, internal or external, and other
special locations
Register of actions on objects (historical
movements)
Cost Control
Generation of statistics and inventories
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21. 7. Judicial Support. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Radio frequency identification or RFID is based on the use of ID chips that allow
communication without contact with the reader.
RFID technology applied to document management allows for location
and management of files in real time.
More than 2.5 km of court records are identified electronically in the central
archives of the courts of Barcelona and Hospitalet in the City of Justice.
RFID PDA
Technological elements
A PDA device with an RFID module is a tool for
locating, reading and writing at a distance for
labels on files, boxes and shelves
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22. 8. Total Justice data in Catalonia
Number of Judicial Districts 49
Courts according to the type of the body
Collegiate Bodies (divisions and chambers) 35
Single Judge Courts 577
Justices of the Peace 898
Human Resources
Judges and senior judges 765
Public prosecutors 375
Court Clerks 631
Judicial Office support staff 7348
Total Total %
Vacancies
Vacancies Staff Vacancies
Senior judges 70 685 10,2%
Judges 9 80 11,3%
Court Clerks 214 631 33,9%
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23. 8. Total Justice data in Catalonia
Total judicial bodies in Catalonia: 2007 - 2011
575 595 612
558
538
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Single Judge Courts Collegiate bodies
Creation of judicial units in Catalonia: 2007 - 2010
22 21 23 23
3 4 6
4
19 17 19 17
2007 2008 2009 2010
Single Judge places Collegiate bodies places Total
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24. 8. Total Justice data in Catalonia
712 735 765 Judges and senior judges: 2007-2011
669 691
175 188
167 171
164
505 524 541 560 577
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Single Judge Courts Collegiate Bodies Total
Court Clerks and Public Prosecutors: 2007-2011
615 631
578 595
558
357 375
303 323 332
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Court Clerks Public Prosecutors
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25. 8. Total Justice figures
Total staff of Judicial Office: 2007-2011
7.348 7.348
7.258 7.258
7.108
412
362 321
312 276
171 171 171 157 157
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Substitutions Reinforcements Total staff
The total staff includes of Judicial Office includes all the Judicial Office support
employees: GP, TP, AJ, Secretaries of peace and Forensic doctors.
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26. 8. Total judicial activity figures
Total cases in Catalonia: 2007 - 2011
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Incoming cases Closed cases Pending cases
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27. 8.1. Civil litigious cases figures (2008)*
C iv il lit ig io u s c a s e s
C as eT urno ve r
I n c o m in g R e s o lv e d P e n d in g
R a t io
A u s t ria 110 . 4 9 7 1 1 1 .2 4 5 3 9 .2 2 7 1 ,0 1
B e l g iu m 661 . 1 4 9 - - -
D e n m a rk 59 . 6 7 0 5 8 .3 6 6 3 2 .8 7 3 0 ,9 8
E s t o n ia 19 . 7 7 8 1 9 .6 3 0 1 2 .4 6 6 0 ,9 9
F in la n d 9 . 7 0 3 9 .3 9 9 5 .9 2 9 0 ,9 7
F r a nc e 1 .7 4 4 . 3 5 0 1 .6 4 5 .1 6 1 1 .2 8 7 .7 0 6 0 ,9 4
It a l y 2 .8 4 2 . 6 6 8 2 .6 9 3 .5 6 4 3 .9 3 2 .2 5 9 0 ,9 5
N e th e r l a n d s - 2 0 0 .0 0 0 - -
P o la n d 746 . 9 2 6 7 1 9 .2 9 6 3 2 6 .8 0 9 0 ,9 6
R o m a n ia 706 . 3 8 1 6 6 4 .6 0 8 2 8 7 .7 6 8 0 ,9 4
S l o v e n ia 31 . 2 2 1 3 3 .7 8 8 4 2 .6 1 2 1 ,0 8
S p a in 1 .6 2 0 . 7 1 7 1 .3 2 4 .5 7 7 1 .0 7 4 .7 4 8 0 ,8 2
C iv il litig io u s c a s e s
4.500.000
4.000.000
3.500.000
3.000.000
In c o m in g
2.500.000
R e s o lve d
2.000.000
P e n d in g
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28. 8.2. Civil non-litigious cases figures (2008)*
C iv il n o n - lit ig io u s c a s e s
C as eT urno ve r
I n c o m in g R e s o lv e d P e n d in g
R a t io
A u s t ria 827.066 8 2 2 .9 4 1 1 5 4 .0 8 9 1 ,0 0
B e l g iu m - - - -
D e n m a rk 5.049 5 .1 7 4 3 .4 5 8 1 ,0 2
E s t o n ia 73.615 5 0 .5 2 2 6 2 .7 4 1 0 ,6 9
F in la n d 268.554 2 5 5 .5 9 2 5 8 .8 8 9 0 ,9 5
F r a nc e 101.837 1 0 5 .0 9 9 5 .8 4 0 1 ,0 3
It a l y 1 .2 7 1 . 1 9 1 1 .2 2 9 .8 2 2 1 4 6 .8 7 0 0 ,9 7
N e th e r l a n d s - 9 4 7 .5 7 0 - -
P o la n d 1 .9 6 1 . 2 8 0 1 .9 2 3 .6 3 2 2 1 5 .3 2 0 0 ,9 8
R o m a n ia 547.401 5 3 8 .8 3 0 2 1 .4 9 0 0 ,9 8
S l o v e n ia 32.004 3 1 .6 9 7 1 8 .1 4 3 0 ,9 9
S p a in 219.654 2 2 3 .3 1 0 8 4 .3 6 5 1 ,0 2
Civil non-litigious cases
2.500.000
2.000.000
1.500.000 Incoming
Resolved
1.000.000 Pending
500.000
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29. 8.3. Criminal cases figures (2008)*
C r im in a l c a s e s
C as eT urno ve r
I n c o m in g R e s o lv e d P e n d in g
R a t io
A u s t ria 2 4 . 7 8 2 2 4 .6 3 0 6 .4 2 9 0 ,9 9
B e l g iu m 4 4 . 0 1 5 4 6 .0 7 2 9 .7 1 9 1 ,0 5
D e n m a rk 1 4 . 5 2 5 1 3 .2 3 1 5 .9 6 4 0 ,9 1
E s t o n ia 1 9 . 9 8 4 1 9 .7 6 8 98 3 0 ,9 9
F in la n d - - - -
F r a nc e 6 1 0 . 6 7 4 6 1 8 .1 2 2 - 1 ,0 1
It a l y 1 .2 8 0 . 2 8 2 1 .2 0 4 .9 8 2 1 .2 0 5 .5 7 6 0 ,9 4
N e th e r l a n d s 2 2 0 . 6 3 4 2 1 9 .3 9 3 - 0 ,9 9
P o la n d 4 9 6 . 8 5 5 4 9 9 .0 1 4 1 6 7 .1 0 0 1 ,0 0
R o m a n ia - - - -
S l o v e n ia 19.38 6 2 0 .5 0 5 2 1 .9 0 3 1 ,0 6
S p a in 345.70 7 3 1 0 .2 8 0 2 5 9 .3 5 8 0 ,9 0
Criminal cases
1.400.000
1.200.000
1.000.000
800.000 Incoming
Resolved
600.000
Pending
400.000
200.000
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30. 8.4. Misdemeanour cases figures (2008)*
M is d e m e a n o u r c a s e s
C as eT urno ve r
I n c o m in g R e s o lv e d P e n d in g
R a t io
A u s t ria 35.030 4 0 .9 0 8 1 3 .9 7 6 1 ,1 7
B e l g iu m - 27 1 .9 4 5 - -
D e n m a rk 92.195 8 9 .5 5 3 2 9 .1 2 2 0 ,9 7
E s t o n ia 13.566 1 2 .3 1 2 3 .5 9 9 0 ,9 1
F in la n d - - - -
F r a nc e 5 13.400 46 1 .0 5 3 - 0 ,9 0
It a l y 2 24.239 2 2 .8 6 5 1 0 2 .7 5 9 0 ,1 0
N e th e r l a n d s 2 79.213 28 2 .5 1 7 - 1 ,0 1
P o la n d 4 65.014 45 9 .3 9 3 7 6 .8 5 2 0 ,9 9
R o m a n ia - - - -
S l o v e n ia 78.499 9 6 .7 1 1 6 3 .7 2 2 1 ,2 3
S p a in 9 20.577 9 1 7 .5 5 4 2 2 3 .7 6 7 1 ,0 0
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31. 8. Total judicial activity figures
Judgments, court orders an decrees in Catalonia
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Judgments Orders Decrees
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32. 9. Costs figures in Justice
The costs of theallocated to administration of justice in
Expenditure Justice Administration in Catalonia
Catalonia (thousands in constant valuesconstant values)
(thousands of euro, of euros in 2008 for 2008)
700.000
600.000
500.000
400.000
300.000
200.000
100.000
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State Govt. Cat.
A significant decentralization process has been observed, especially after 1996.
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33. 9. Expenditure figures in Justice
Regional expenditure per capita in the
Administration of justice 2010
Valencia 48,7
Andalusia 53,2
Galicia 53,5
Navarra 61,2
Reg. Govt average 63,1
Madrid 64,1
Basque Country 72,4
Canary Isles. 74,2
Catalonia 75,2
0 20 40 60 80
Catalonia is the Region that assigns the most resources per capita to justice
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34. 9. Expenditure figures in Justice
Expenditure per capita in the Administration of
justice 2008*
Austria 80,1
Belgium 79,7
Bulgaria 25,3
Catalonia 78,0
Denmark 61,9
Estonia 36,0
Finland 66,4
France 10,8
Italy 71,8
Netherlands 114,6
Poland 40,9
Romania 25,3
Slovenia 88,9
Spain 86,3
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Germany hadn't participated in the process)
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35. 10. Ratios of judges per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain
Ratio of judges per Ratio of judges per
2009 2010 2011
100,000 inhabitants in
100,000 inhabitants Spain
in Spain: Andalusia 10,0 10,2 10,3
Aragon 10,1 10,2 10,6
Evolution 2009-2011 Asturias 13,3 13,5 13,9
Balearic Isles 11,4 11,4 11,8
Canary Isles 11,6 11,6 11,8
Cantabria 12,0 12,2 12,7
Castilla Leon 11,1 11,3 11,6
Castilla La Mancha 8,4 8,5 8,8
Catalonia 9,7 9,8 10,2
Valencian Reg. 9,5 9,8 10,0
Extremadura 9,6 9,7 10,0
Galicia 11,2 11,5 12,0
Madrid 9,9 10,2 10,5
Murcia 9,3 9,6 10,0
Navarra 9,7 9,8 10,5
Basque Country 10,1 10,1 10,4
La Rioja 10,7 10,6 11,2
Total regions 10,1 10,3 10,6
Total for Spain* 10,5 10,7 10,9
* Including judges and senior judges of Central Courts.
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36. 10. Number of professional judges sitting in courts for
100.000 inhabitants, in 2008*
Professional judges
State
Absolut Per 100.000
number hab
Austria 1.658 19,9
Belgium 1.626 15,2
Bulgaria 2.166 28.3
Catalonia 691 9,4
Denmark 380 6,9
Estonia 238 17,7
Finland 921 17,4
France 5.819 9,1
Italy 6.109 10,2
Netherlands 2.176 13,3
Poland 9.890 25.9
Romania 4.142 19,2
Slovenia 1.083 53,5
Spain 4.836 10,7
* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Germany hadn't participated in the process)
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37. Thank you
for your attention!
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