Analysis of the data collected from the court proceedings monitored in 2018

In the course of 2018, with an aim of supporting judicial and criminal justice reform, the OSCE Mission to Skopje supported trial monitoring of general crime cases before competent courts in all four appellate regions in the country, carried out by the civil society organization ‘All for Fair Trials’ Coalition, a network of 14 civil society organizations (CSOs). The trial monitoring aimed at increasing the public scrutiny over the justice sector by strengthening the capacities for sustainable and systematic trial monitoring by CSOs resulting in this analysis, which provides an insight into the implementation of the Law on Criminal Procedure. In addition, the analysis also offers recommendations for future interventions and activities aimed at enhancing the capacities of the judicial system in the country which, in turn, should lead to increased public trust in the legal system. English version starts from page 121.