Cyprus fully implemented all GRECO recommendations on judges
31/5/2024 8:57
Cyprus was one of the countries that fully implemented all recommendations of the group of experts against corruption (GRECO) of the Council of Europe with respect to judges, according to GRECO’s annual report for 2023 that was presented in Brussels on Wednesday.
Furthermore, Cyprus has also implement fully 75% of GRECO’s recommendations regarding prosecutors, and just 25% of recommendations regarding MPs.
Overall, regarding recommendations for all three categories of officials, Cyprus has fully implemented 56.3%, partly implemented 37.5% and has not implemented 6.3%.
Across the EU, according to GRECO´s published reports as of 31 December 2023, the 47 member states evaluated had fully implemented 54.4% of the recommendations in respect of parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors, partly implemented 30.7% of the recommendations, and not implemented 14.9% of the recommendations.
Eight countries were subject to GRECO’s 4th evaluation round non-compliance procedure for their low level of implementation of its recommendations in the three categories by the end of 2023: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Denmark, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Portugal and Turkey.
Finland and Norway were the only two countries to have fully implemented all of GRECO´s recommendations.
When it comes to recommendations on judges, as of 31 December 2023, the 47 member states evaluated had fully implemented 56.9%, partly implemented 29.6% of the recommendations, and not implemented 13.5%.
Ten countries had fully implemented all recommendations regarding judges: Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Serbia, Sweden and the USA.
On prosecutors, as of the end of 2023, the 47 member states evaluated had fully implemented 64.8% of the recommendations, partly implemented 25.1% of the recommendations, and not implemented 10.1%.
Cyprus fully implemented 75% of these recommendation, and did not implement at all 25% of these.
Regarding recommendations for MPs, at the end of 2023, the 47 member states evaluated had fully implemented 43.2% of the recommendations concerning MPs, partly implemented 36.5% of the recommendations, and not implemented 20.3% of the recommendations.
Cyprus fully implemented 25% of these recommendations, and partly implemented 75%.
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