Defining the procedure and the rules of the draw for selecting members of Judicial Appointments Commission

Official Bulletin no. 8, dated 24 January 2017

On 24.01.2017, the Council of Ministers adopted the decision no. 3 “On defining of the procedure and the rules of the draw for selecting members of Judicial Appointments Commission”.

According to the decision, a Technical Secretariat is established for the organization of the draw procedures and documentation of every stage. The number of members and the composition of the Technical Secretariat are appointed by the Secretary General of the Albanian Assembly. Speaker of the Assembly sets the date and time of the draw and officially notifies the Attorney General, the Secretary General of the High Council of Justice, the Chairman of the Supreme Court and the Chairman of the Constitutional Court, who are invited to send their representatives to be present in the organization of the draw.

On the date and time set for the draw organization of, the Technical Secretariat is previously ensured about the presence of a) representatives sent by institutions envisaged in the Article 284 of the Law No.115 / 2016 “On the governance bodies of the justice system”; b) Ombudsman or his authorized representative; c) Representatives of parliamentary groups, foreign diplomatic representations accredited in the Republic of Albania and international partner organizations, as observers; and invites them to take their designated places.

Further provisions of the decision define the organization method of the draw procedure by charging the Secretary General of the Assembly and the Technical Secretariat to follow the procedures necessary to implement this procedure.