The administration of justice in catalonia

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

1. Generalitat de Catalunya
Departament de Justicia

The Administration of Justice in Catalonia
2007 to 2011

June 2012

2. Contents

Government organs of the Administration of Justice

Map of powers assumed in justice by Regional Governments
Transferred powers in Catalonia

Organization of the Judiciary in Catalonia

Structure of the Judicial Office (current and new model)

Implementation Impact of the new Judicial Office

Judicial Support

Total Justice data in Catalonia
Costs figures in Justice in Catalonia
0. Ratios of judges per 100,000 inhabitants

3. 1. Government organs of the Administration of Justice

CONSEJO GENERAL
DEL PODER JUDICIAL

DE JUSTICIA

| Be MINISTERIO:

Generalitat de Catalunya
Departament de Justícia

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Catalan Ministry of

General Council of
the Judiciary:

This is the
Autonomous
Government body with
competence

Ministry of Justice:

This is the government
department responsible
for preparing, managing
and executing Justice
policies on the subject of
Justice

Justice:

Exercises the powers that
the Constitution and the
Statute of Autonomy
attribute to the Government
of Catalonia

throughout Spain

+ Judges
+ Senior Judges

« Public Prosecutors
+ Court Clerks

«Administrative
Staff of theJudicial

Office

4. 1. Organizational Chart of the Catalan Ministry of Justice

Secre

General the Admi

tary of

Relations with

inistration

Secretary of Justice

Directorate
General

of Moderr
f the Adm

nization
inistratior

of Justice

Directorate General
of Penal
Enforcement in the
Community and
Juvenile Justice

Directorate
General
Of Law and
Legal Entities

Directorate

General of

Penitentiary
Services

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
PER er re 1996

Pe? ct dés

Regional Governments with powers
transferred

Ministry of Justice

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

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

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

9. 4. Organizational Chart of the Judiciary in Catalonia

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ADMINISTRATIVE

PROVINCIAL COURTS COURTS

LABOUR CORTS

+ Courts of First Instance

+ Senior Judges Courts

+ Courts of First Instance and
Senior Judges Criminal Courts

+ Criminal Courts

+ Registry Courts
+ Juvenile Courts

+ Commercial Courts

+ Courts of Violence against women
+ Prison Supervisory

+ Courts

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

11. 5. Structure of the Judicial Office

Structure

Senior Judge/ Judge |
o EEE
mu: |

Court Clerk
Personnel

GP
3

TP Jutsdieten
4/5

AJ ET |

2

pervice

12. 5. Structure of the new model of the Judicial Office

Direct
Support
Unit

over these in comp
new technologies a
centralized tasks of material mea
management and
support in the
application of the
procedural law

13. 5. Structure of the new model of the Judicial Office

Structure Types

Court Generic Case Enforcemént

Clerks Management

1 or 1/2

SE
TP |
2 ER sevice |

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

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ORGANIZATION PROCEDURAL ISSUES

Amendment of 15 Organic Law
procedural laws of the
Judiciary

15. 6. Human Resources Impact
New system based on the List of employment positions

Destination
center

Individualized

ee es a |
General General Specific
of

Free

Publi i
ublic process of [M Public process desiination

selection selection

Public process of|
selection

16. 6. Impact on new technologies

+ Organisation + Exploitation
of data

+ Procedural

managemel + Applications

+ Electronic
case record

MODERNISATION

17. 6. Impact on spaces

Access
SELF Sone! SELF
FUNCTIONING [ Previous nal NCTIONING
Citizen
Attention
Office

Public circulation

Office

18. 7. Judicial Support

Archives
anses
SATAF
Service!
technical eavice Freelegal aid
inthe family

Computer

Translators
Adviser =)

Interpeeters

JUDICIAL
SUPPORT

Ungustie

Ados Legal experts

Deposits of Rleonsins
materia vrihlanyers
évidence. end sclitors

Management
ofjudicial
tects

19. 7. Figures on Judicial Support in 2011

Translators and Interpreters Legal experts

Interpretations
Translations

1.292.879 €

1.388.028 €
2.197.731 €

582.557 € 2011 Total 799,
expenditure
21% 2,780M€

1.366.967 €
1.423.886 €

1.178.866 €

Free legal aid (including official turn of duty) million €

67,21 ME m
gore S446 ME 65,43 ME

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 ...) Zu
Control of applications for loans or ll

repurchase agreements (warehouse output) 872951
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

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.

—

Technological elements EEIDIEDA

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 —

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)
Single Judge Courts

Justices of the Peace

Human Resources
Judges and senior judges
Public prosecutors

Court Clerks

Judicial Office support staff

Vacancies

duches
Cart Clerks

23. 8. Total Justice data in Catalonia

Total judicial bodies in Catalonia: 2007 - 2011

558 575 595 612
Courts in Catalonia
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single Judge Courts 505 624 $41 560 577
Collegiate bodies 3334 34 35 35
538 558 575 595 612

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single Judge Courts Collegiate bodies

Creation of judicial units in Catalonia: 2007 - 2010
22 21 23 23

.. a > Creation of Judicial units

in Catalonia 2007 2008 2009 2010
Single Judge places 19 17 19 17
ay 49 Collegiate bodies places 3 4 4 6
Total 22 21 23 23

2007 2008 2009 2010

Single Judge places Collegiate bodies places ~~ Total

24. 8. Total Justice data in Catalonia

Judges and senior judges: 2007-2011

Judges and magistrates
in Catalonia 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single Judge Courts 505 524 541 560 577
Collegiate Bodies 164 167 171 175 188

Total 669 691 712 735 765

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Single Judge Courts Collegiate Bodies —>— Total

Court Clerks and Public Prosecutors: 2007-2011

= Court Clerks in Catalonia 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Court Clerks 550 518 595 615 631
Total 658 578 595 615 631

Public Prosecutors in
Catalonia 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Public Prosecutors 309 323 332 357 375
Total 303 323 332 357 375

2008 2009 2010

Court Clerks Public Prosecutors

25. 8. Total Justice figures

Total staff of Judicial Office: 2007-2011

= 312 321
m m 157

2008 2009 2010

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.

26. 8. Total judicial ac

Total cases in Catalonia: 2007 - 2011

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Pending cases

Incoming cases Closed cases

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Incoming cases 2 354.026 1.454.381
Closed cases 310 1408 1435141 14
411060 455865 465874 4%

Pending cases

1440385 1374314

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27. 8.1. Civil litigious cases figures (2008)*

CaseTurnover
Ratio
Austria 110.497 111.245 39.227 1,01

Belgium 661.149

Denmark 59.670 58.366 32.873 se
Estonia 19.778 19.630 12.466 99
Finland 9.703 9.399 5.929 97
France 1.744.350 1.645.161 1.287.706 94
Italy 2.842.668 2.693.564 3.932.259 95
Netherlands 200.000

Poland 746.926 719.296 326.809 ss
Romania 706.381 664.608 287.768 94
Slovenia 31.221 33.788 42.612 08
Spain 1.620.717 1.324.577 1.074.748 82

Incoming Resolved Pending

Civil litigious cases

Eincoming
EnResolved
Pending

* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Only the states had participated in the process)

28. 8.2. Civil non-litigious cases figures (2008)*

CaseTurnover
Ratio
Austria 827.066 822.941 154.089 1,00

Belgium

Denmark 5.049 5.174 3.458 02
Estonia 73.615 50.522 62.741 69
Finland 554 592 58.889 95
France 837 099 5.840 03
Italy 191 822 870 97
Netherlands 570

Poland 280 632 320 98
Romania 401 830 490 se
Slovenia 004 697 143 99
Spain 19.654 310 365 02

Incoming Resolved Pending

Civil non-litigious cases
2.500.000
2.000.000

1.500.000 © Incoming
1 Resolved
1.000.000 © Pending
500.000 IL
2 Ma =
a

* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Only the states had participated in the process)

29. 8.3. Criminal cases figures (2008)

CaseTurnover
Ratio
Austria 24.782 24.690 5.429 0,99
Belgium 44.015 46.072 9.719 1,05
Denmark 14.525 13.231 5.964 0.91
Estonia 19.984 19.768 983 0.99

Finland

France 610.674 618.122 1,01
Italy 1.280.282 204.982 0.94
Netherlands 220.634 219.393 0,99
Poland 496.855 499.014 1.00
Romania

Slovenia 19.386 20.505 08
Spain 345.707 280 90

Incoming Resolved Pending

Criminal cases

1.400.000
1.200.000
1.000.000

800.000 © Incoming
@ Resolved

809:006; © Pending

400.000

wa I ——— il _ i
SPS EEE PE ES SE

Sg

* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Only the states had participated in the process)

30. Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
May
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Slovenia
Spain

8.4. Misdemeanour cases figures (2008)*

CaseTurnover
Ratio
35.030 40.908 13.976 1.17

271.945
92.195 89.559 29.122 0.97
13.566 12.312 3.599 91

Incoming Resolved Pending

513.400 461.053 90
224.239 22.865

279.213 282.517 o1
465.014 459.393 99

78.49 96.711 7 23
554 00

Misdemeanour cases

incoming
Resolved
Pending

ch

* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Only the states had participated in the process)

31. 8. Total judicial activity figures

Judgments, court orders an decrees in Catalonia

2008 2009 2010

Judgments = Orders Decrees

2007
Judgments 221553 236.620

Orders 736.151 841.154 s

Decrees 101 384 6 211426

32. 9. Costs figures in Justice

The costs of the Justice Administration in Catalonia
(thousands of euro, in constant values for 2008)

ü State m Govt. Cat.

A significant decentralization process has been observed, especially after 1996.

33. 9. Expenditure figures in Justice

Regional expenditure per capita in the
Administration of justice 2010

Valencia C7 48,7
Andalusia | 53,2
Galicia I 53,5
Navarra 161,2
Reg. Govt average 163,1
Madrid | 164,1

Basque Country

Canary Isles.

|
Catalonia

20 40 60 80

Catalonia is the Region that assigns the most resources per capita to justice

34. 9. Expenditure figures in Justice

Expenditure per capita in the Administration of
justice 2008*

Austria [ 180,1
Belgium [ 179,7
Bulgaria 125,3
Catalonia 178,0
Denmark 22 61,9
Estonia 236,0
Finland == 66,4
France 10,8
dy nn 71,8
Netherlands [
Poland 240,9
Romania [25,3
Slovenia 188,9
Spain [ 186,3

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Germany hadn't participated in the process)

35. 10. Ratios of judges per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain

Ratio of judges per
100,000 inhabitants
in Spain:

Evolution 2009-2011

Ratio of judges per
100,000 inhabitants in 2009 2010
Spain
Andalusia 100 102
Aragon 10,1 10,2
Asturias 133 135
Balearic Isles 114 > 114
_Canary Isles 18
Cantabria
Castilla Leon
Castilla La Mancha
Catalonia
Valencian Reg.
Extremadura
_Galicia 2
Madrid
Murcia
Navarra
_Basque Countr
La Rioja

10,7 10,9

* Including judges and senior judges of Central Courts.

36. 10. Number of professional judges sitting in courts for
100.000 inhabitants, in 2008*

From 100 les than as

not suple

* European judicial systems Edition 2010 (Germany hadn't participated in the process)

37. Thank you

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