The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) published its annual report on 6 October, examining information collated in 2014 from 45 Council of Europe (CoE) member countries, along with an observer country, Israel.
The report shows a general rise in budgets for judicial systems but says that countries hard hit by the economic crisis (such as Spain, Greece, Ireland and Portugal) are still implementing regular budget cuts.
Other countries (such as Latvia, Lithuania,...